Deliberate or Not, Animal Cruelty is NEVER Acceptable!
Animal cruelty includes abandonment of a pet, physical abuse, failure to provide food, water, shelter or veterinary care, fighting of animals, putting animals in a situation that causes distress (i.e. a hot car) or keeping an animal in unsanitary conditions.
Animal cruelty can be either deliberate abuse or simply the failure to take care of an animal. Either way, and whether the animal is a pet, a farm animal, or wildlife, the victim can suffer terribly.
If you witness or suspect animal cruelty, abuse or neglect, you should contact animal control immediately. Call 911 if you are witnessing cruelty at the moment.Â
Purrfect Pals does not provide animal control services and we are unable to intervene legally in situations where cruelty or neglect are suspected. Below are links for animal control agencies and local and online cruelty investigation and prevention resources.
Local Resources
Pasado’s Safe Haven
Animal Cruelty Investigations
360-793-9393
Great resource if you need any help with reporting crimes to animal control or law enforcement!
Animal Law Offices of Adam P. Karp
Legal Services
114 W. Magnolia St., Ste. 425
Bellingham, WA Â 98225
360-738-7273
Reporting Animal Abuse or Neglect
If you witness animal cruelty in progress, call 911.
If you suspect that abuse is going on, the most important action you can take is to report the cruelty to your local law enforcement agency:
Snohomish County
Brier Police
425.775.5452
Edmonds Animal Control
425.771.0205
Everett Animal Control
425.257.6000
Lynnwood Police (Animal Control)
425.744.6982
Mukilteo Police (Animal Control)
425.353.8222
Snohomish County Animal Services
425.388.3440
Snohomish Police Department
360.568.0888
King County
Bothell
425.486.1254
Regional Animal Services of King County
206.296.7387
Seattle Animal Control
206.386.PETS (7387)
Skagit County
Skagit County
360.428.3211
Skagit County Sheriff’s Office
360.336.9450
Pierce County
Buckley Police (Animal Control)
360.829.3157
Metro Animal Services
(Bonney Lake, Edgewood,
Puyallup and Sumner)
253.841.5595
Pierce County Animal Control
253.798.7387
Tacoma Animal Care and Control
253.627.PETS (7387)
Kitsap County
Kitsap Humane Society
360.692.6977 x 7216
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