Who Do I Call If I Suspect Abuse?
Child Maltreatment: 800-792-5200
Elder Abuse: 800-922-2275, or 800-426-9009 for abuse of persons with disabilities ages 18-59.
Domestic Violence: National Domestic Violence Hotline 800-799-7233 or SafeLink 877-785-2020
Animal Abuse or Neglect:
NOTE: Most of the town Animal Control Officers listed below are under the aegis of the town’s Police Department; if the individual numbers are not answered, call the police dispatch or non-emergency number. In addition, you may also call the Massachusetts SPCA Law Enforcement Mondays-Fridays 9 am – 5 pm at 617-522-6008, or the Animal Rescue League of Boston Law Enforcement at 617-226-5610.
Barnstable County
Barnstable Barnstable Animal Control 508-790-6274
Bourne Bourne Animal Control 508-759-0600 x1311
Brewster Brewster Animal Control 508-896-7011 x2358
Chatham Chatham Animal Control 508-945-5111
Dennis Dennis Animal Control 774-352-1400
Eastham Eastham Animal Control 508-255-0551
Falmouth Falmouth Animal Services 508-457-2550
Harwich Harwich Animal Control 508-430-7541 x 5217
Mashpee Mashpee Animal Control 508-539-1442
Orleans Orleans Animal Control 508-240-3751 x252
Provincetown Provincetown Animal Control 508-487-1212
Sandwich Sandwich Animal Control 508-833-8004
Truro Truro Animal Control 508-487-8730
Wellfleet Wellfleet Animal Control 508-349-3702
Yarmouth Yarmouth Animal Control & Protection 508-394-4422
Berkshire County
Adams Adams Animal Control 413-743-1212
Alford Alford Animal Control 413-528-4536
Becket Becket Animal Control 413-623-8934 x156
Dalton Dalton Animal Control 413-684-6111 x36
Egremont Egremont Animal Control 413-854-2877
Great Barrington Great Barrington Animal Control 413-528-0306 x9
Hinsdale Hinsdale Animal Control 413-655-0201
Lanesborough Lanesborough Animal Control 413-442-1167
Lee Lee Animal Control 413-243-2100
Lenox Lenox Animal Control 413-464-4508
Monterey Monterey Animal Control 413-528-1443 x116
New Marlborough New Marlborough Animal Control 413-232-7038
North Adams North Adams Animal Control 413-664-4944
Otis Otis Animal Control 413-329-9658 or 413-269-6873
Pittsfield Pittsfield Animal Control 413-448-9700
Richmond Richmond Animal Control 413-698-3355
Sheffield Sheffield Animal Control 413-229-8522
Stockbridge Stockbridge Animal Control 413-298-4179
Tyringham Tyringham Animal Control 413-232-7038
West Stockbridge West Stockbridge Animal Control 413-232-7038
Williamstown Williamstown Animal Control 413-458-9344
Windsor Windsor Animal Control 413-448-3075
Bristol County
Acushnet Acushnet Animal Control 508-998-9040 or 508-998-0200
Attleboro Attleboro Animal Control 774-203-1867
Berkley Berkley Animal Control 508-951-2566
Dartmouth Dartmouth Animal Control 508-910-1840
Dighton Dighton Animal Control 508-218-5340
Easton Easton Animal Control 508-230-3353
Fair Haven Fair Haven Animal Control 508-979-4028
Fall River Fall River Animal Control 508-324-2037
Freetown Freetown Animal Control 508-386-8227
Mansfield Mansfield Animal Control 508-261-7339
New Bedford New Bedford Animal Control 508-991-6366
North Attleborough North Attleborough Animal Control 508-699-0128
Norton Norton Animal Inspector 508-286-2655
Raynham Raynham Animal Control 508-294-6096
Rehoboth Rehoboth Animal Control 508-252-5079
Seekonk Seekonk Animal Control 508-336-6663
Somerset Somerset Police Dept. 508-679-2138
Swansea Swansea Animal Control 508-679-6446
Taunton Taunton Animal Control 508-822-2150
Westport Westport Animal Control 774-264-5129
Dukes County
Aquinnah Aquinnah Animal Control 508-627-2189
Chilmark Chilmark Animal Control 508-693-1212 or 508-693-6610
Edgartown Edgartown Animal Control 508-627-9611
Oak Bluffs Oak Bluffs Police Dept. 508-693-0750
Tisbury Tisbury Animal Control 508-696-4209
West Tisbury West Tisbury Animal Control 508-696-0102
Essex County
Amesbury Amesbury Animal Control 978-388-8134
Andover Andover Animal Control 978-475-0411 x1103
Beverly Beverly Animal Control 978-605-2361
Boxford Boxford Animal Control 978-887-5349
Danvers Danvers Animal Care 978-777-0001 x3095
Essex Essex Animal Control Officer 978-223-0242 or 978-500-3629
Georgetown Georgetown Animal Control 978-352-5700
Gloucester Gloucester Animal Control 978-281-9746
Groveland Groveland Animal Control 978-521-1212
Hamilton Hamilton Animal Control 978-468-5551
Haverhill Haverhill Animal Control 978-374-2415
Ipswich Ipswich Animal Control 978-356-6652
Lawrence Lawrence Animal Control 978-794-5856
Lynn Lynn Animal Control 781-477-7080
Lynnfield Lynnfield Animal Control 781-983-1804
Manchester by the Sea Manchester Animal Control 978-526-1212
Marblehead Marblehead Animal Control 781-631-8664
Merrimac Merrimac Animal Control 978-346-0523
Methuen Methuen Police Dept. 978-983-8698
Middleton Middleton Animal Control 978-777-0825
Nahant Nahant Animal Control 781-230-0060
Newbury Newbury Animal Control 978-465-0277
Newburyport Newburyport Animal Control 978-463-0549
North Andover North Andover Animal Control 978-683-3168
Peabody Peabody Animal Control 978-538-6340
Rockport Rockport Animal Control 978-546-9488
Rowley Rowley Animal Control 978-948-2181
Salem Salem Animal Control 978-744-0171 x121
Salisbury Salisbury Animal Control 978-420-2744
Saugus Saugus Animal Control 781-231-4176
Swampscott Swampscott Animal Control 781-595-1111
Topsfield Topsfield Animal Control 978-887-2116
Wenham Wenham Animal Control 978-465-0277
West Newbury West Newbury Animal Control 978-363-1100 x34
Franklin County
Ashfield Ashfield Animal Control 413-628-3811
Bernardston Bernardston Animal Control 413-824-9428
Buckland Buckland Animal Control 413-834-2951
Charlemont Charlemont Animal Control 413-339-4335 x8
Colrain Colrain Animal Inspector & Control Officer 413-624-3238
Conway Conway Animal Control 413-369-4235 x3
Deerfield Deerfield Animal Control 413-665-2606
Erving Erving Animal Control 413-824-9428
Gill Gill Police Dept. 413-768-0983
Greenfield Greenfield Animal Control 413-773-5411 x1411
Hawley Hawley Dog Officer 413-337-5721
Heath Heath Animal Control 413-834-2951 or 413-625-8200
Leverett Leverett Dog Officer 413-549-1213
Leyden Leyden Town Hall 413-774-4111
Montague Montague Animal Control Officer 413-863-8911
New Salem Shelburne Control Dispatch Center 978-544-2141
Northfield Northfield Dog Officer 413-834-1034
Orange Orange Police Dept. 413-544-2128
Rowe Rowe Animal Control 413-834-2951
Shelburne Shelburne Control Dispatch Center 978-544-2141
Shutesbury Shutesbury Police Dept. 413-625-8200
Sunderland Sunderland Animal Control 413-695-1211
Warwick Warwick Animal Control Officer 978-544-3402 or 978-217-2681
Wendell Wendell Animal Control Officer 978-544-7773
Whately Whately Animal Control 413-665-8027
Hampden County
Agawam Agawam Animal Control 413-726-9754
Blandford Blandford Animal Control 413-848-4279 x308
Brimfield Brimfield Animal Control 413-245-7222
Chester Chester Animal Control 413-354-0975
Chicopee Thomas J. O’Connor Animal Control & Adoption Center 413-781-1484 x1
East Longmeadow East Longmeadow Animal Control 413-525-5440
Granville Granville Police Dept. 413-569-5348 x649
Hampden Hampden Animal Control 413-2151 x100
Holland Holland Animal Control 413-245-0117 x350
Holyoke Thomas J. O’Connor Animal Control & Adoption Center 413-781-1484 x1
Longmeadow Longmeadow Animal Control 413-567-3311
Ludlow Ludlow Police Dept. 413-583-8305
Monson Monson Police Dept. 413-893-9500
Palmer Palmer Animal Control 413-283-5837
Russell Russell Animal Control 413-221-0139
Southwick Southwick Animal Control 413-569-5348 x649
Springfield Thomas J. O’Connor Animal Control & Adoption Center 413-781-1484 x1
Tolland Tolland Animal Control 413-258-4794 x128
Wales Wales Animal Control 413-544-9330
West Springfield West Springfield Animal Control 413-246-0993
Westfield Westfield Animal Control and Shelter 413-564-3129 or Easthampton Public Safety Communications Center 413-527-1212
Wilbraham Wilbraham Animal Control 413-599-1253
Hampshire County
Amherst Amherst Animal Welfare Officer 413-478-7084
Belchertown Belchertown Animal Control 413-519-1754 or 413-245-0302
Chesterfield Chesterfield Animal Control 413-270-2156
Cummington Cummington Animal Control 413-634-0000
Easthampton Easthampton Public Safety Communications Center 413-564-3129
Goshen Goshen Animal Control Officer 413-568-1508
Granby Granby Dog Officer 413-575-1994
Hadley Hadley Animal Control Services 413-584-0883
Hatfield Hatfield Animal Control 413-247-0011
Huntington Huntington Animal Control 413-667-5635
Middlefield Middlefield Animal Control 413-354-0975
Northampton Northampton Animal Control 413-587-1187
Pelham Pelham Animal Control 413-253-9518
Plainfield Plainfield Animal Control 413-242-2665
South Hadley South Hadley Animal Control 413-538-8231
Southampton Westfield Animal Control and Shelter 413-564-3129
Ware Ware Police Dispatch 413-967-3571
Westhampton Westhampton Animal Control Officer 413-354-0975
Williamsburg Williamsburg Animal Control 413-522-2632 or 548-0201 or 268-8402
Worthington Worthington Animal Control Officer 413-238-5378
Middlesex County
Acton Acton Animal Control 978-929-7719 x7760
Arlington Arlington Animal Control 781-645-8014
Ashby Ashby/Townsend Animal Control 978-597-5868
Ashland Ashland Animal Control 508-881-0122 or 508-309-0024
Ayer Ayer Animal Control 978-772-8200 x559
Bedford Bedford Police Dept. 781-275-1212
Belmont Belmont Animal Control Officer 617-993-2724
Billerica Billerica Animal Control 978-671-0909
Boxborough Boxborough Animal Control 978-264-1700 or 908-264-1763
Burlington Burlington Animal Control Officer 781-270-1698
Cambridge Cambridge Animal Control 617-349-4376
Carlisle Carlisle Animal Control 978-369-1155
Chelmsford Chelmsford Animal Control 978-256-0754 or 978-256-2521
Concord Concord Animal Control 978-318-3400 or 978-897-5596
Dracut Dracut Animal Control 978-452-1227
Dunstable Dunstable Animal Control 978-649-5414 x224
Everett Everett Animal Control 617-389-3367
Framingham Framingham Animal Control 508-620-5870
Groton Groton Animal Control 978-448-1111
Holliston Holliston Animal Control 508-429-4631
Hopkinton Hopkinton Animal Control 508-497-9735
Hudson Hudson Animal Control 978-568-9637
Lexington Lexington Police Dept. 781-862-1212
Lincoln Lincoln Police Dept. 781-259-8111
Littleton Littleton Animal Control 978-952-2300
Lowell Lowell Animal Control 978-970-3321
Malden Malden Animal Control 781-397-7141
Marlborough Marlborough Animal Control 508-485-1212 x36963
Maynard Maynard Animal Control 978-897-1011
Medford Medford Animal Control 781-393-2560
Melrose Melrose Animal Control 781-979-4102
Natick Natick Animal Control 508-647-9545
Newton Newton Animal Control 617-796-2109
North Reading North Reading Animal Control 781-944-1212
Pepperell Pepperell Police Dept. 978-433-2424
Reading Reading Animal Control 781-944-1212
Sherborn Sherborn Animal Control 508-653-2424
Shirley Shirley Animal Control Officer 978-425-2642
Somerville Somerville Animal Control 617-625-6600 x2190
Stoneham Stoneham Animal Control 781-231-0474
Stow Stow Animal Control 978-897-4592
Sudbury Sudbury Animal Control 978-639-3361
Tewksbury Tewksbury Animal Control 978-640-4395
Townsend Ashby/Townsend Animal Control 978-597-5868
Tyngsborough Tyngsborough Animal Control 978-970-3321
Wakefield Wakefield Animal Control Officer/Animal Inspector 781-231-0474
Waltham Waltham Animal Control 781-314-3596
Watertown Watertown Animal Control 617-972-6559
Wayland Wayland Animal Control 508-358-3625
Westford Westford Animal Control 978-692-4574
Weston Weston Animal Control 781-786-6201
Wilmington Wilmington Animal Control Officer 978-658-5071
Winchester Winchester Animal Control 781-729-5151
Woburn Woburn Animal Control 781-932-4510 x824
Nantucket County
Nantucket Nantucket Police Dept. 508-228-1212
Norfolk County
Avon Avon/Holbrook Animal Control Officer 781-767-9067
Bellingham Bellingham Animal Control 508-966-5823
Braintree Braintree Animal Control 781-794-8777
Brookline Brookline Animal Control 617-730-2730
Canton Canton Animal Control 781-575-6507
Cohasset Cohasset Animal Control 781-925-4718
Dedham Dedham Animal Control 781-751-9106
Dover Dover Police Dept. 508-785-1130
Foxborough Foxborough Animal Control 508-543-4343 x267
Franklin Franklin Animal Control 508-520-4922
Holbrook Avon/Holbrook Animal Control Officer 781-767-9067
Medfield Medfield Animal Control 508-359-8989
Medway Medway Animal Control 508-533-3251
Millis Millis Animal Control 508-533-3251
Milton Milton Animal Control 617-698-0455
Needham Needham Animal Control Officer 781-444-1212
Norfolk Norfolk Animal Control 508-528-3232
Norwood Norwood Animal Control 781-762-3159
Plainville Plainville Animal Control 508-699-1212
Quincy Quincy Animal Control 617-376-1364
Randolph Randolph Animal Control 781-961-0946
Sharon Sharon Animal Control 781-784-1513
Stoughton Stoughton Animal Control 781-344-1294
Walpole Walpole Animal Control 508-660-7327
Wellesley Wellesley Animal Control Officer 781-235-8460
Westwood Westwood Animal Control 978-692-4574
Weymouth Weymouth Animal Control 781-335-1212 x307
Wrentham Wrentham Police Dispatch 508-384-2121
Plymouth County
Abington Abington Animal Control 781-982-2100
Bridgewater Bridgewater Animal Control Officer 508-697-0919
Brockton Brockton Animal Control 508-580-7835
Carver Carver Animal Control 508-866-3444
Duxbury Duxbury Animal Control 781-934-1100 x5505
East Bridgewater East Bridgewater Animal Control 508-378-1657
Halifax Halifax Animal Control 781-293-5761
Hanover Hanover Animal Control 781-826-5000 x1022
Hanson Hanson Animal Control 781-293-4625
Hingham Hingham Animal Control 781-741-1490
Hull Hull Animal Control 781-925-4718
Kingston Kingston Animal Control 781-585-0529
Lakeville Lakeville Animal Control 508-947-3891
Marion Marion Animal Control 508-748-1212
Marshfield Marshfield Animal Control 781-834-5550
Mattapoisett Mattapoisett Animal Control 508-758-4141
Middleborough Middleborough Animal Control 508-946-2455
Norwell Norwell Animal Control 781-659-8012
Pembroke Pembroke Animal Control 781-293-5288
Plymouth Plymouth Animal Control 508-888-1186
Plympton Plympton Animal Control 781-585-9444
Rochester Animal Control 508-763-3871
Rockland Rockland Animal Control 781-871-3890
Scituate Scituate Animal Control 781-545-8709
Wareham Wareham Animal Control 508-295-1473 x250
West Bridgewater West Bridgewater Animal Control 508-588-5661
Whitman Whitman Animal Control 781-447-1522
Suffolk County
Boston Boston Animal Care & Control 617-635-5348
Chelsea Chelsea Animal Control 617-466-4800
Revere Revere Animal Control 781-286-8345
Winthrop Winthrop Animal Control 617-846-1212 x2976
Worcester County
Ashburnham Gardner Police Dept. Animal Control 978-230-2516 or 978-790-6601
Athol Athol Animal Control Officer 978-249-2494
Auburn Auburn Animal Control 508-832-7703
Barre Barre Animal Control 508-886-4033
Berlin Berlin Police Dept. 978-838-7355
Blackstone Blackstone Police Dept. 508-883-1212
Bolton Bolton Police Dept. 978-897-7699
Boylston Boylston Animal Inspector & Dog Officer 508-869-2904
Brookfield Brookfield Police Dept. 508-867-2930
Charlton Charlton Animal Control 508-248-2266
Clinton Clinton Animal Control Officer 978-779-9981
Douglas Uxbridge/Mendon/Douglas Animal Control Unit 508-278-7755
Dudley Dudley Animal Control & Shelter 508-949-8024
East Brookfield East Brookfield Animal Control 508-414-2786
Fitchburg Fitchburg Animal Control 978-956-4082
Gardner Gardner Police Dept. Animal Control 978-230-2516 or 978-790-6601
Grafton Grafton Dog Officer 508-839-5547 or Grafton Police Dept. 508-839-2858
Hardwick Hardwick Police Dispatch 413-477-6197
Harvard Harvard Animal Control 978-456-4100
Holden Holden Animal Control 508-210-5649
Hopedale Hopedale Police Dept. 508-634-2227
Hubbardston Gardner Police Dept. Animal Control 978-230-2516 or 978-790-6601
Lancaster Lancaster Animal Control 978-365-2542 x1013
Leicester Leicester Animal Control 508-892-7010
Leominster Leominster Animal Control 978-514-2381
Lunenburg Nashoba Valley Dispatch 978-582-4531
Mendon Uxbridge/Mendon/Douglas Animal Control Unit 508-278-7755
Milford Milford Animal Control 508-478-3871
Millbury Millbury Animal Control Officer 508-234-7416
Millville Millville Dispatch 508-883-3117
New Braintree New Braintree Animal Inspector 413-335-0889
North Brookfield North Brookfield Animal Control & Dog Officer 508-867-0206
Northborough Northborough Animal Control 978-897-5596
Northbridge Northbridge Animal Control 508-234-7416
Oakham Oakham Police Dept. 508-882-3347
Oxford Oxford Animal Control Officer 508-987-6047
Paxton Paxton Emergency Communications Center Dispatch 508-793-3111
Petersham Petersham Animal Control/Animal Inspector 978-724-0078
Phillipston Phillipston Animal Control & Barn Officer 978-939-8875
Princeton Princeton Animal Control Officer 978-464-2928
Royalston Royalston Animal Control Officer 978-249-2494
Rutland Rutland Regional Animal Control 508-886-4033
Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Animal Control Officer 508-841-8421
Southborough Southborough Animal Control 508-485-7817
Southbridge Southbridge Animal Control Officer 508-764-5420 or 508-764-2362 x157
Spencer Spencer Police Dept. 508-885-6333
Sterling Sterling Animal Control 978-422-7331
Sturbridge Sturbridge Police Dept. 508-347-2525
Sutton Sutton Animal Control 508-234-7416
Templeton Winchendon Police Dispatch 978-939-5638
Upton Upton Animal Control 508-612-9752
Uxbridge Uxbridge/Mendon/Douglas Animal Control Unit 508-278-7755
Warren Warren Police Dispatch Center 413-436-9595
Webster Webster Animal Control 508-340-5189
West Boylston West Boylston Police Dispatch 508-210-5646
West Brookfield West Brookfield Animal Control Officer 508-867-6929
Westborough Westborough Animal Control 508-366-3060
Westminster Gardner Police Dept. Animal Control 978-230-2516 or 978-790-6601
Winchendon Winchendon Police Dispatch 978-939-5638
Worcester Worcester Animal Control 508-799-1211
Please see the explanatory notes regarding reporting and response on our introductory page. If you are aware of any additions or corrections to this Directory, please e-mail the National Link Coalition and let us know.