Animal Control Law

Publications

Books and Book Chapters

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    A North Carolina Guide to Animal Control Law, by Aimee N. Wall,  
    2008 (Chapters are available in view-only PDF format. You may 
    view these files on your computer and save them for future 
    viewing, but you will not be able to print them.)
  
  
  
  
  
• “Animal Control,” County and Municipal Government in North Carolina, 2006, by Aimee N. Wall (read-only)
• Individual articles from County and Municipal Government in North Carolina may be purchased in PDF format from the School of Government at http://www.sog.unc.edu/pubs/cmg/.
• Legislative Updates: Summaries of legislative changes affecting animal control law are included in the“Local Government” chapter of the School of Government’s annual publication entitled North Carolina Legislation.
  • 2007
  • 2006
    

Bulletins

• Animal Cruelty, Part II: An Overview of North Carolina's Civil Remedies, (Aimee N. Wall, Local Government Law Bulletin No.112, June 2007)
• Animal Cruelty, Part I: An Overview of North Carolina’s Criminal Remedies (Aimee Wall, Local Government Law Bulletin No. 111, May 2007)
• An Overview of North Carolina’s Rabies Control Law (Aimee Wall, Local Government Law Bulletin No. 109, March 2007)
• North Carolina Animal Control Law: 2005 Legislative Update (Aimee Wall, Local Government Law Bulletin No. 107, Oct. 2005)
• Ordinances Targeting Pit Bull Dogs Must Be Drafted Carefully (Jeannette Cox, Local Government Law Bulletin No. 106, Nov. 2004)

Other Resources

• Preliminary Assessment of the Effects of Recent Spay/Neuter Legislation in Buncombe County, NC (Jennifer Reed and Courtney Pierce, NCSU graduate students, June 2007)