Sammie's Friends provides medical care and adoption assistance to animals brought to the Nevada County Animal Shelter and other disadvantaged animals in the community.

Websites:

• Main website - https://www.sammiesfriends.org/

Animal Carcass Removal is a business based in Nevada County that provides legal removal of animal carcasses. It is contracted by the County of Nevada to provide this service. Dead animals, large or small, are safely and humanely removed and transported to a dedicated disposal site where they are handled properly. Same-day service, 7 days a week. Free estimates.

Toll free 833-ITS-DEAD = 833-487-3323 or text 530-575-1985

We service a large area, from Chico to Sacramento and from Truckee to Clear Lake. This includes the Counties of Butte, El Dorado, Lake, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, Sierra, Sutter & Yuba.  Call us for a Free estimate for your area. If you are in a county not listed here, call us anyway, we may be able to help.

For dead animals along state highways, CalTrans needs to be contacted. Call 2-1-1 to be transferred to the appropriate office.

Web pages

• Nevada County Animal Control - https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/208/Animal-Control

 

The Animal Control department oversees Animal Control Operations and the Sammie's Friends Animal Shelter.

Services include:

• Impounding stray animals or owned animals running at large
• Investigation of nuisance complaints (i.e. barking)
• Investigating animal bites
• Dog licensing throughout the unincorporated areas of Nevada County.

Shelter services, including lost or found pets and adoptions, are run by Sammie's Friends.

In the event of disasters and emergencies, the Animal Control department of the Nevada County Sheriff's Office oversees animal evacuation.

Animal Evacuation information is event specific. Details will come from the Nevada County Office of Emergency Services. Though animal evac may be at the Nevada County fairgrounds, it may somewhere else if, for example, there is an event underway at the fairgrounds.

Specific information will be available by calling 2-1-1 or 833-342-5211.

Web pages 

• Home - https://www.nevadacountyca.gov/208/Animal-Control
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The City of Colfax Animal Services works in partnership with Placer County Animal Services to improve the lives of the animals in their care through community outreach and education; veterinary treatment and preventive care; reuniting lost pets with their families; and adoption, rescue, and foster programs.

• Auburn Animal Shelter - 11232 B Avenue, Auburn, CA 95603, 530-886-5500
• Truckee Animal Shelter - 10961 Stevens Lane, Truckee, CA 96161, 530-546-1990

Web pages

• Home - https://www.placer.ca.gov/1909/Animal-Services

Placer County Animal Services strives to improve the lives of animals in their care through community outreach and education, providing veterinary treatment and preventative care, reuniting lost pets with their families and ensuring positive outcomes through adoption, rescue or foster programs.

Shelter Services:

• Lost pet reunification
• Pet adoption
• Pet Licensing
• Vaccine Clinics
• Resources for pet owners
• Connection to local animal rescue groups and non-profit organizations
• Shelter tours
• Community education
• Volunteering
• Animal foster programs

Field Services:

• Stray Animal Pickup
• Aggressive animal response
• Cruelty/Neglect investigations
• Barking complaints
• Public education
• Injured domestic and wildlife pickup
• Disaster response

Web pages

• Home - https://www.placer.ca.gov/1909/Animal-Services
• Health & Human Services - https://www.placer.ca.gov/1679/Health-Human-Services

Placer County Animal Services provides animal services to the City of Auburn.

Web pages

• Placer County Animal Services - https://www.placer.ca.gov/1909/Animal-Services

The Placer County Animal Control provides many services to residents, businesses, and law enforcement agencies within Placer County, including:

• Responding to loose, injured, or dead animals on public and county roads
• Animal abuse and neglect investigations
• Emergency assistance to law enforcement agencies
• County-wide rabies control
• Education on the humane treatment of animals
• Responding to reports of barking dogs and stray animals
• Enforcing state law and county ordinances regulating animal care and welfare
• Inspection of commercial kennels
• Investigating animal bites and rabies exposure
  
  

Web pages

• Home - https://www.placer.ca.gov/1919/Animal-Control-Services

The Animal Control Division of the Grass Valley Police Department provides service to the residents who reside in the city limits of Grass Valley and City of Nevada City.

• Urgent calls requiring an animal control officer, or calls after regular business hours - 530-265-7880 (dispatch)
• Animal Shelter - non-emergency calls - 530-477-4630

If you have an address with three or four digits in Grass Valley or Nevada City you are in the City limits. If you have a five digit address, contact Nevada County Animal Control at 530-265-7880 or 530-265-1471.

Web pages

• City of Grass Valley & City of Nevada City Animal Control Services - https://www.cityofgrassvalley.com/police-department-animal-services
• Dog licenses
  • City of Grass Valley (within the city limits) - https://www.cityofgrassvalley.com/post/licensing
  • City of Nevada City (within the city limits) - call 530-265-2496
  • County of Nevada (for 5-digit addresses, which are outside the city limits of Grass Valley and the City of Nevada City) - https:…

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The City of Lincoln currently contracts with Animal Services Placer County Animal Services for its animal control service.

​Web pages

• Home - https://www.lincolnca.gov/en/living-here/animal-services.aspx
• Website above directs to Placer County Animal Services - https://www.placer.ca.gov/1909/Animal-Services

The Animal Control Division of the Grass Valley Police Department provides services to people who live within the city limits of Grass Valley and the City of Nevada City.

• Urgent calls requiring an animal control officer, or calls after regular business hours - 530-265-7880 (dispatch)
• Animal Shelter - non-emergency calls - 530-477-4630

If you have an address with three or four digits in Grass Valley or Nevada City you are in the City limits. If you have a five digit address, contact Nevada County Animal Control at 530-265-7880 or 530-265-1471.

Web pages

• City of Grass Valley & City of Nevada City Animal Control Services - https://www.cityofgrassvalley.com/police-department-animal-services
• Dog licenses
  • City of Grass Valley (within the city limits) - https://www.cityofgrassvalley.com/post/licensing
  • City of Nevada City (within the city limits) - call 530-265-2496
  • County of Nevada (for 5-digit addresses, which are outside the city limits of Grass Valley and the City of Nevada City) - https://www…

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