TO REPORT ANIMAL ABUSE OR CRUELTY:
If you are concerned about the condition, treatment or abandonment of an animal in your area, please call one of the local authorities listed below. For general questions about what constitutes animal cruelty, call our shelter staff. It is not your responsibility to investigate or prove abuse has occurred.  Giving your name can be helpful but an anonymous call is better than none at all.  Do not be afraid to report your suspicions for fear that you might be wrong.  Remember, animals have no way of reporting what is being done to them—they rely on us to defend them.  

NEW: Essex County animal cruelty hot-line, initiated by Disttrict Attorney Kristy Sprague! If you see something, say something.

1-844-4RES Q ME  (or 1-844-473-7763)

Essex County Sheriff’s Office: 518-873-2116

NY State Police: 518-897-2000

Dog or Animal Control Officers by Town in Essex County

    Chesterfield:  Steve Johnson 534-0277

    Crown Point:  Jim Marshall  597-4126

    Elizabethtown:  Karl Brooks  873-6645

    Essex/Willsboro:  Perry Marsha  963-8933

    Jay:  Tim Hart  420-9275

    Keene:  Yvette Tillema  576-4251

    Lake Placid:  Ptl. Charles Langois  523-3306

    Lewis:  Kevin Jacques 565-8283

    Minerva:  Bob Foote  251-3289

    Moriah:  Ed Roberts  572-3816

    Newcomb:  Linda Marconi  582-2001

    North Hudson: Sara Potter  532-9267

    Schroon:  Laurie Bruce  532-7101

    St. Armand:  Lena Bombard  891-0017

    Ticonderoga:  Maurice O'Connor  585-3456

    Westport:  Gary Reynolds  962-8718
   
    Wilmington:  Shirley Lawrence  946-7174

Other Local Animal Shelters

    Elmore SPCA, Peru, NY  518-643-2451
    Tri-Lakes Humane Society, Saranac Lake, NY  518-891-0017