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Cruelty or Neglect

As a citizen it is my responsibility to...

Citizens who witness acts of cruelty or neglect should call the Humane Society or Animal Control & Protection with address or location of animal, description of animal, and type of cruelty taking place.

It is the responsibility of the city to...

The Humane Society and Animal Control & Protection Office investigate all reports of neglected and mistreated animals, confiscates them when necessary, and takes abusers to court.  The crime of animal cruelty is a felony in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

If I am interested, who do I contact...

Bowling Green-Warren County Humane Society, 1925 Old Louisville Rd., (270) 842-8572

Animal Control & Protection (Neighborhood & Community Services) dispatched through Bowling Green Police Department, (270) 393-4000

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