Animal Charity's Humane & Cruelty Department investigates cruelty to any animal, domestic or wild, and rescues many domestic animals and wildlife in need of help. Our cruelty and rescue work includes one Humane Investigator and one Humane Administrator.

I.  Law
    a. Prohibitions concerning Companion Animals
    b. Licenses
II. Stray Animals
III. Other Problems in Mahoning County
IV. Reporting Abuse
     a. Cruelty Report Form

Law

Ohio Revised Code
959.13.1
Prohibitions concerning Companion Animals

Section C
    No person who confines or who is the custodian or caretaker of a companion animal shall negligently   
    do any of the following:

1. Torture, torment, needlessly mutilate or maim, cruelly beat, poison, needlessly kill, or commit an act of cruelty against the companion animal.
    
2. Deprive the companion animal of necessary sustenance, confine the companion animal without supplying it during the confinement with sufficient quantities of good, wholesome food and water, or impound or confine the companion animal without affording it, during the impoundment or confinement, with access to shelter from heat, cold, wind, rain, snow, or excessive direct sunlight, if it can reasonably be expected that the companion animal would become sick or suffer in any other way as a result of or due to the deprivation, confinement or impoundment or confinement in any of those specific manners.

All dogs/puppies over the age of three months must have a license in Mahoning County.

Stray Animals

When you find a stray dog, you should contact the Mahoning County Dog Pound at (330) 740-2205. They are the ONLY agency permitted to take in stray dogs.

As there are no laws or ordinances with regard to ownership of cats/kittens, they are considered STRAY if they are outdoors.

As we are not a shelter, Animal Charity DOES NOT take in stray cats/kittens. If you find a stray cat/kitten you need to contact a shelter that will take them in.

Other Problems in Mahoning County Include:

Reporting Abuse

Please report any animal abuse, cruelty or case of neglect to our investigators by calling (330) 783-0645, or by using the form below. The information will always remain strictly confidential.

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