dogcatchers

Animal control workers

Dogcatchers are municipal employees who capture stray or unlicensed dogs.

The job has become a byword for the lowest rung of public office: He couldn't get elected dogcatcher.

The term is sometimes applied more broadly to animal control officers, though their modern duties extend well beyond catching dogs.

occupation

animal control

Service managing stray creatures

  • wardenSupervisory custodian of place
  • officerAuthority figure in uniform
  • netFinal amount remaining

pole · truck · van · patrol · municipal · enforcement · uniform · cage · capture · roundup

strays

pound

Weight, strike, or kennel

runaway · loose · feral · roaming · wandering · homeless · abandoned · unlicensed · rabid · nuisance

evasion

chase

Rapid following of quarry

cunning · elude · outrun · dodge · flee · corner · trap · lure · bait · sneaky

Opposites
role toward animals

dogcatchersveterinarians

Medical professionals treating animals

animal rescuers · animal rights activists · dog walkers · dog breeders · pet sitters

relationship to pet ownership

dogcatchersbreeders

Those who propagate stock

Family

dogcatcher

Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G