Animal Control

The Township utilizes the services of Newark Associated Humane Society for animal control.

Residents are strongly advised to hire a licensed wildlife removal company to trap and remove raccoons, squirrels or other wildlife that may be nesting or causing damage to a home for the following reasons:

• Without proper training and expertise, traps can catch something unintended like a skunk or opossum.  
• Inappropriate and inhumane handling of trapped animals will lead to criminal charges being filed under the animal cruelty statutes.
• Inexperience with trapping can lead to scratches, bites, back injuries, etc.
• Trapping of wildlife inside of a residence must be coordinated with necessary repairs to points of entry.