dog catcher
Municipal animal wrangler
A dog catcher is a municipal employee who captures stray or unlicensed dogs.
The job is often portrayed as thankless or low-status: Even the dog catcher gets more respect than I do.
The formal title is now usually animal control officer, reflecting broader duties beyond dogs.
- animal controlService managing stray creatures
- animal control officerEnforces pet and wildlife laws
- poundWeight, strike, or kennel
- strayWander from course
- leashAnimal restraint cord
net · truck · cage · warden · runaway · collar · shelter · chase · capture · mutt · kennel · officer · howling · escaped · on the run · uniform · patrol · rabies
- animal control jobsanimal control officer
- public workerscivil servant, firefighter, mail carrier, police officer, social worker
- catchersbackstop, receiver, net, trap, snare
- animal shelteranimal shelter, shelter worker, shelter cat, animal control, humane society
- local politicstown council, city councils, town meeting, mayors, alderman
- municipal codeordinance, code, bylaw, code enforcement, code violation