From the Animal Services Officer
If your dog has been apprehended by Animal Services
the following may happen.
If your dog has been placed in the Animal Services Vehicle you will
be charged a $30 Impound fee if your dog is returned to you directly or is taken to the impound facility.
If your dog is identified by its tags one attempt will be made to
contact be the phone number of record on the license file. If you
cannot be reached the dog will be taken to the impound facility.
Any dog that has been taken to the impound facility and is not licensed
or wearing its current license tag will need its owner to prove
the dog is current on its rabies vaccination and licensed. Any dog
not current on its rabies vaccination will have to be vaccinated
on site at the expense of the owner for the dog to be released,
with the exception of a dog that has been exempt due to reaction
to rabies vaccine, which must be confirmed in writing be the dogs
regular veterinarian.
Any dog not currently licensed will have to
be licensed before release. If Beverly City Clerk's Office is closed
the owner will be required to pay the license fee and the tags shall
be forwared to them by the City Clrek's Office next business day.You
will pay at that time the $30 impound fee, $26 kennel fee per day
and any fines or medical services provided during the impoundment
of your dog.
Effective April 1, 2005 the City's Impound & Veterinary Care
will be provide by the BORASH VETERINARY CLINIC
79 PROSPECT STREET
PEABODY, MA. 01960
(978) 531-8713
FAX (978) 532-1046
The City will no longer be affiliated with Danvers Animal Hospital.
All dog owners must contact the Animal Services Officer
before their dog can be released. You can call 978-921-6040 ext
311 or call Police Dispatch 978-922-1212 and ask the to page the
ASO on your behalf.
The impound facility will not release an animal without
verbal confirmation from Animal Services. Owners are required to
call Borash Vet Clinic in advance to make arrangeents to pick up
their pet. You will be asked to leave the premises if you go there
without calling in advance.
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