Important Information for Thurston County Residents

In 2022, Thurston County increased Animal Services’ contract for enforcement, resulting in significant changes in the services that we are able to provide to Thurston County residents.

Note:  If you are a resident of Olympia, Lacey or Tumwater, these service changes do not apply to you.

What does this mean to me?

If you are a resident of unincorporated Thurston County, please call 911 if you or your livestock are in immediate danger of attack or injury.

NOTE: Effective Jan. 1, 2022, the County now has an officer to respond to:

• Barking dog;
• At large dog; or
• Dog injuring/killing another dog, cat or other pet
• If a human has been menaced by a dog that is off its owner’s property;
• If a human has been bitten by a dog or cat;
• If  your livestock has been bitten by a dog or cat;
• If you have confined a stray dog;
• If you have confined any injured or ill animal;
• If you are aware of a pet without food, water or shelter; being kept in unsanitary conditions (a dog on a chain too short to move away from its own waste, excessive piles of waste, etc.); or being abused.
• Nuisance issues regarding pet animals.

Animal Services does not provide service to Thurston County residents for:

• Issues regarding livestock and poultry
• Issues regarding wildlife
• Setting traps for feral (wild) domestic animals on private or public property
• Picking up DOA wildlife
• Unconfined stray cats