City of Waco Animal Protection (Animal Control)

Hours: Business hours, with after-hours on-call for emergencies.

What it is

Shelters and rescues

Service area

City of Waco

Status

Open

Checked

on the official website, November 5, 2026

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Animal Protection Officers respond for the entire City of Waco to loose, aggressive, sick or injured animals, neglect, abandonment and ordinance violations, and educate owners about spay/neuter and microchipping. On-call rotation after hours for emergencies.

Checked on the official website · November 5, 2026 What this means
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Good to know

• How to get started: For non-urgent matters call Animal Protection at (254) 750-1765 and leave a detailed voicemail, or report a stray online. For bites, actively aggressive dogs, life-threatening injuries to strays or cruelty with an animal in immediate danger, call Waco Police at (254) 750-7500.

Emergency? Call your veterinarian or the nearest 24-hour emergency hospital now, and tell them if cost is a barrier. Emergency signs and poison hotlines

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Also from this organization

• Pet Circle Regional Animal Center (Waco) · Waco

More shelters, foster and boarding, end-of-life care and pet loss near Waco

• Pet Circle S.N.I.F.F. (Safety Net in Foster Friends) Found Dog Program · Waco · under 1 mi
• Paws at Peace Affordable End of Life Care (Animal Birth Control Clinic) · Waco · 1 mi
• Humane Society of Central Texas Human Animal Support Services (HASS) · Waco · 4 mi
• City of Temple Animal Services · Temple · 33 mi
• Heart To Home Animal Adoption Center (City of Temple) · Temple · 33 mi

Other help near Waco

• Spay/neuter Pet Circle Waco Free Community Cat TNR · Waco · under 1 mi
• Pet food Humane Society of Central Texas Pet Supply Pantry (Waco) · Waco · 3 mi
• Emergency Animal Emergency Center of Temple-Belton · Temple · 34 mi
• Low-cost care Emancipet - Killeen Clinic · Killeen · 45 mi

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Sources

City of Waco Animal Protection (Animal Control) official page, checked November 5, 2026.

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