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Animal Services |
Director: Ed Randall
Phone: (406) 782-8450
699 Centennial Avenue
Butte, MT 59701
Business Hours: Monday –Friday 8:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m.
Email
Mission Statement:
- Provide services which help prevent animals from becoming a danger or a nuisance to the community.
- Strive to improve responsible pet ownership throughout the community.
- Provide the community with awareness of animal stewardship through educational programs, public information, and animal control.
- To educate the community about the importance of spaying and neutering of pets.
The Animal Service Department is available to handle all phone calls for the Shelter and Animal Control. The Animal Service Department office is open during the week to assist the public with most needs. We provide information, traps and trapping instructions, dispatch for Animal Control, help with lost and found reports, and handle complaints from the community.
Animal Control
699 Centennial
Butte MT 59701
Phone: (406) 782-4467 / Priority I or extreme emergency dial 911
The duties of an Animal Control Officer is to respond to all animal complaints and enforce all City-County animal ordinances and regulations.
There are 3 full- time Animal Control officers. They work regular shifts Monday – Saturday. The officers rotate an On Call shift where an officer can be reached in extreme emergencies 24 hours, 7 days a week. An officer can only respond to a Priority I emergency after hours. These include: a person or animal in immediate danger, bite cases, injured animals that are still alive, or an animal running on the highway causing a traffic problem.
Butte-Silver Bow Animal Ordinances may be found in the Butte-Silver Bow Municipal Code, Title 6 or check the Municipal Code INDEX for more specific topics.
You may download the VOLUNTARY STATEMENT form to report a complaint or if you witnessed an incident. Email, postal mail, or drop off the form to our office.
The Neighborhood Complaint form for barking dog(s) may be downloaded if you and your neighbors are having a problem. You need only one person to sign the petition, but your neighbors may sign also. Return the form to Animal Services and we will serve the owner of the dog.
Animal Shelter
Erin Wall
699 Centennial
Butte MT 59701
Phone: (406) 782-8450
Public Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
The Animal Shelter also maintains
a web site located at:
http://montanapets.org/bas/index.html.
Shelter Statistics for Calendar Year 2010
Shelter Statistics for Calendar Year 2011
Contact Information
General contact information for the Butte-Silver Bow Courthouse.
Postal address:
155 West Granite Street
Butte, MT 59701
Telephone: (406) 497-6200
FAX: (406) 497-6328
Chief
Executive Paul Babb
The governments of the city of Butte and Silver Bow County combined in 1977.
The government is lead by the Chief
Executive, Paul Babb and a 12-member
Council of Commissioners.
The Butte-Silver Bow Courthouse Centennial
The gala celebration of the Butte-Silver Bow Courthouse centennial will cover five days of events culminating in the official re-dedication of the Courthouse on July 4, 2012. Follow the planning process on our blog or Facebook page.
Our Office hours are 8am to 5pm (with the exception of the Treasurer's office) with no noon closure.
The Treasurer's office is open 8am to 5pm for all matters (including tax payments). State Motor Vehicle Licensing is open 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.
Essential Public Works Services, (water, sewer, and road maintenance) are available 24 hours, seven days a week.
- To report a water problem, dial 497-6540;
- A sewer problem, 497-6550;
- A road maintenance problem, 497-6565;
- An animal control problem, 782-4467.