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Fairview employs an Animal Control Officer to protect private
and public areas from unwanted animals of all kinds. Dogs and exotic animals kept, as pets must be annually licensed with
the City and the owners must provide evidence of current, applicable vaccinations. Dog tags are renewable as of May 1 of each
year and on one Saturday in mid-April the Animal Control Officer and a local veterinarian will host a clinic at the Fairview
Fire Station for owners to get their dogs vaccinated and re-licensed in one easy process. The veterinarian even provides
rabies and other inoculations at a reduced cost. Posting of the date and time for this program will be placed in the local
newspaper and on this web site page when the date has been established.
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State laws provide certain protections to dogs that are kenneled because
they were running loose within the community. We must keep them for 72 hours before they are euthanized. During that time,
if the owner can be found or if the owner makes an inquiry through the Police Department, the dog will be returned. Prior
to being returned, all fines, kenneling costs, inoculations and tags must be paid. It is the philosophy and desire of the
City of Fairview to make every effort to find the owner of these dogs and reunite them. But, more simply (and cheaper!), owners
who don't allow their animal to run at large won't have to pay these costs. Sometimes, however, despite the efforts
of well-meaning dog owners, Phydeaux might get loose. If the dog is properly licensed, the tag number will allow us to know
whose dog it is and we can return it safe and sound.
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Stray animals present a different kind of opportunity for us all. The
Animal Control and Police Officers are quite diligent in their efforts to collect stray dogs and cats. We maintain a number
of "live traps," allowing us to trap these animals without doing harm to them. These animals, also, will be kenneled
for 3 days. We also maintain a list of people in or outside the city who would like to adopt either a dog or cat and we will
place these animals with those folks who will give them care and love. If you would like to adopt a dog or cat, contact the
Animal Control Officer through the Police Department or by the email link on this page. Since we do not keep stray animals
very long, it would be impossible to keep a current listing of them here. Here is a link to a website which has several links
to other animal rescue centers in Oklahoma. http://www.okpetgazette.com/okcwlfr.html
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- To provide the best possiable safety for our citizens.
- To make an effort to find the owners of each lost pet.
- To promote animal intervention
in the cases of animal abuse or neglect.
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