All 20 cities and towns in San Mateo County participate in the countywide animal control program. The County contracts with the
Peninsula Humane Society and SPCA (PHS), a private non-profit organization, to enforce all animal control laws, shelter homeless animals, and provide a variety of other services.
Services include
- Rescue injured animals
- Capture of at-large or stray animals
- Investigate animal bites and attacks
- Removal of dead animals from public property
- Removal of dead or living wildlife from private property ONLY if such wildlife has direct contract with humans and/or animals that involves a bite or attack
- Enforce leash laws and local ordinances (please report barking dog complaints to your local police)
- Euthanasia of severely injured animals
- Investigate reports of animal cruelty
