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