2025 Animal Control Officer

2026-11-03

The Vendor shall : 1 . Provide comprehensive animal control services twenty - four ( 24 ) hours , seven ( 7 ) days per week . 2 . Provide the address of principal office / location in proximity to the Township of Cherry Hill . 3 . Provide an office telephone number and twenty - four ( 24 ) hour cell phone number for contact by Cherry Hill Township . The Officer shall return calls within thirty ( 30 ) minutes or less and be available to respond for on - call emergency services as deemed necessary by the Township of Cherry Hill and its ’ authorized representative ( s ). 4 . Provide an animal control vehicle for transportation of all animal types in and for any / all circumstances through the course of performing duties of Animal Control Officer . Said vehicle shall meet the requirements of N . J . A . C . 8 : 23A - 1 . 12 . In addition , have all equipment necessary to pick up or trap wild and / or domestic animals when needed . 5 . Transport animals to the Township ’ s designated animal shelter to be impounded when necessary . Any deviation to this location shall require approval by the Township Clerk , Township Police Department ’ s Animal Control Liaison Officer ( Community Policing Officer ), Township Purchasing Agent or any other person as authorized by the Township Clerk . 6 . Report all bites and exposures of rabies as required by N . J . S . A . 26 : 4 - 78 et seq ., to the New Jersey State Department of Health local Health Department having jurisdiction where the animal is located . If necessary , provide transportation of rabies specimens to the New Jersey State Department of Health laboratory . Rabies Laboratory ( NJ Department of Health , Public Health , Environmental and Agricultural Laboratories PHEAL , Rabies Laboratory , NJ State Police Headquarters , 3 Schwarzkopf Drive , Ewing , NJ 08628 ) only after consulting with the local health department . 7 . Transport feral cats to the Township ’ s designated animal shelter as required by state and local law ...

New Jersey

2026-04-29