Last Updated: Thursday, April 22, 2010 If you have a stray animal, or need help, call the dog control officer or dog warden in your town. Be VERY careful approaching any strange animal, regardless of how safe it appears to be. A rabid animal or one in fear can become very dangerous very quickly. It is not advisable to attempt to touch or engage a stray animal for the purposes of confining it in any way;
you have no idea what their state of mind may be and they can change from appearing friendly to being ferocious without warning in some cases. Part of the reason this page exists is so you will not be tempted to put yourself in such a situation.
For EXOTIC animals, please contact the NYS Conservation police at
(315)489-3180.
If you need to contact the Dog Control Officer or Dog Warden for your area, you can click the IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS button to the left. That list includes county dog wardens/officers, law enforcement, shelters and
veterinarians for this area. This is the best place to start if you need to determine who the Dog Warden is for your area, to locate a veterinarian or where to take your pet in an emergency during off hours.
OR, unlikely as it may be, should the list contain an out of date phone number, the local government links below will contain the information also; just not as neatly organized, but they should be constantly up to date
In Ogdensburg call 393-1555 and ask for the Dog Control Officer.
For all other towns and villages, you must contact your Town Government for the correct information. You can find them in Transwestern and Verizon Superpages directories in the Blue Pages in addition to the above
link, OR,
Here is a link to the roster of St. Lawrence County government officials where for most areas you will find Dog Wardens or Animal Control entries, arranged by villages and towns.:
http://www.co.st-lawrence.ny.us/County_Clerk/Roster2004.pdf#page=55 All city, county, town and village government is listed there. You’ll need the Acrobat PDF reader to download it to your screen. Click to: Download the Free Adobe Reader Search for your city/town/village or town and then look within that for dog warden or anything to do with the office. There will be a phone number to call there. If you don’t find anything in your specific town, look then in the immediately surrounding area; often a dog warden may cover more than one area.
If all else fails, then call your Sheriff or State Police. They also have personnel trained to deal with such situations or know how to reach such a person. Avoid the temptation to help the “poor animal” on your own; it may have been a pet at time but if it’s stray, it is also very likely unpredictable and could be very sick, including having rabies.
The information is also available from the Transwestern and Verizon Superpages directories in the Blue Pages. | 
