Animal Shelters . . . Call the City animal shelters to find out if your animal has been impounded. Dog and Cat Registration . . . The owner or harborer of a dog or cat must have the animal vaccinated annually for rabies, present a certificate of vaccination, and pay an annual registration fee to Animal Control to obtain a registration tag for the animal. Vicious Dog . . .
Dangerous dogs fall under provisions of state law as well as city ordinance.
The Texas Health and Safety Code defines a dangerous dog as one who, in a place other than a dog's enclosure, makes an unprovoked attack that causes bodily injury, or causes a reasonable person to believe that the dog will attack. Animal Control investigates complaints regarding stray animals and routinely patrols the City for stray animals. Due to the number of stray animals, it may take time to resolve a particular problem. Humane animal traps are provided to citizens at no cost for the hard to catch animals. You must go to the animal shelter to pick up your animal.