Animal Control

“
Hey, hey. This job is all we have right now. So, I wanna see happy faces. Okay?
”

—Animal Control leader, "Escape of the Palisman"

**Animal Control** (previously a group of eight **Demon Hunters**) is a group of three humanoids who are tasked with capturing and containing rampaging demonic beasts. They are all skilled in magic used for capturing animals.

## Background

According to Eda, they are dangerous nomads who capture and sell the most powerful beasts. Later, the group successfully capture the moonlight-animated Owl House, with the leader intending to sell Hooty to restaurants as "exotic meat". One of the members, Tom, pushes Luz, Willow, and Gus off a cliff, but they manage to get back up and defeat the hunters with the help of Willow's plant magic.

When King brings Eda in her Owl Beast form to the Slayground, animal control receives numerous complaints from parents, and arrives at the scene to investigate. They manage to successfully capture her, but she escapes shortly after with help from King. After noticing the missing beast, the leader notices Eda walking away from the scene and asks if she has seen a monster bearing a resemblance to her, but she walks away with no response.

The leader later tries to capture a Slitherbeast, but it manages to break free from his ropes and knocks him down.

Later, the female member is arrested for refusing to join a coven, but she is freed by the BATs.

Animal control organizes the annual Bonesborough Brawl, with the leader serving as the commentator and the others working as security.

Despite initial resistance, the female member begins to worry about the dangers of wild magic, and soon after, she joins the Abomination Coven, spurred from Belos' claims. She later participates in the Day of Unity with the rest of the Abomination Coven witches. However, like many of the witches who attended, she briefly succumbs to the draining spell until the Collector disrupts it, saving her from its effects.

## Behind the scenes

### Voice

The leader and Tom are voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson. The purple-haired female member is voiced by Eden Riegel in "Escape of the Palisman" and Grey DeLisle in following appearances.

## Trivia

* Tom has always wanted to toss children off cliffs since he was a boy.
* The leader of the group is deemed "accomplished" and "noteworthy" by Gus and is on the list of individuals he considers interviewing in "Understanding Willow".
	+ In "Knock, Knock, Knockin' on Hooty's Door", the leader is revealed to be a biped demon.
* In "Eda's Requiem", the female member is revealed to be covenless as she was in the process of being arrested for not joining a coven, although whether her associates are likewise covenless remains unknown.
	+ As of "King's Tide", the female member has joined the Abomination Coven.

## References

1. ↑ Dana Terrace, Rachel Vine, John Bailey Owen, Charley Feldman, Jeff Trammell (writers) and Stu Livingston (director) (February 21, 2020). "Hooty's Moving Hassle". *The Owl House*. Season 1. Episode 6. Disney Channel.
2. ↑ Dana Terrace, Rachel Vine, John Bailey Owen (writers) and Aminder Dhaliwal (director) (March 20, 2020). "Escape of the Palisman". *The Owl House*. Season 1. Episode 10. Disney Channel.
3. ↑ Dana Terrace, Molly Ostertag (writers) and Bo Coburn (director) (July 10, 2021). "Through the Looking Glass Ruins". *The Owl House*. Season 2. Episode 5. Disney Channel.
4. ↑ Dana Terrace (writer) and Amelia Lorenz (director) (July 24, 2021). "Eda's Requiem". *The Owl House*. Season 2. Episode 7. Disney Channel.
5. ↑ Dana Terrace (writer) and Bo Coburn (director) (April 9, 2022). "Reaching Out". *The Owl House*. Season 2. Episode 14. Disney Channel.
6. ↑ Madeleine Hernandez, John Bailey Owen (writers) and Amelia Lorenz (director) (April 23, 2022). "Hollow Mind". *The Owl House*. Season 2. Episode 16. Disney Channel.
7. ↑ Zach Marcus, Dana Terrace (writers) and Bridget Underwood (director) (May 28, 2022). "King's Tide". *The Owl House*. Season 2. Episode 21. Disney Channel.