Every day, Pennsylvania dog wardens are watching out for thousands of furry friends. From returning stray dogs to their owners, to inspecting the kennels where many dogs start their lives and the shelters where many dogs wait patiently for their forever homes, the Bureau of Dog Law is committed to keeping dogs safe.

Contact your legislators about House Bill 1504 and Senate Bill 663. Help Dog Law to continue this vital work.

 PA dog wardens work daily for public safety. From investigating the nearly 1,300 dog bites reported in 2019, to charging the owners of dangerous dogs and tracking dangerous dogs’ whereabouts for life, the Bureau of Dog Law is committed to serving the people of Pennsylvania. Without proper funding, the safety of citizens may be in jeopardy.

Contact your legislators about House Bill 1504 and Senate Bill 663, your voice matters to ensure these vital tasks can be continued. It’s a matter of life and death, or limb…

#DidYouKnow, that in 2008, Pennsylvania dog law underwent a major reform, giving dog wardens the ability to crack down on poor conditions in kennels and ensure that hundreds of thousands of dogs in licensed kennels receive proper care? In addition to conducting these stringent inspections, wardens also work diligently to uncover the many illegal kennels operating in PA. We can’t go back!

Contact your legislator to voice your opinion about House Bill 1504 and Senate Bill 663, so that wardens can continue serving those with only a bark.

The work our wardens do to protect PA’s dogs can’t go on without proper funding, contact your legislator to voice your opinion for those who can’t about HB 1504 and SB 663.

Can you guess what type of animal did this?

It’s a dog bite.

Scary?

Yes.

And, it’s even scarier to realize that if the Bureau of Dog Law runs out of funding, dog wardens will no longer be available to investigate these bites and file the necessary charges to help prevent them from happening again. Contact your legislators about House Bill 1604 and Senate Bill 663 to ensure funding is available to protect Pennsylvania from dangerous dogs.

A scared, hungry dog is picked up and returned to its desperate owner. Another stray, injured by a porcupine, is taken for medical care. A malnourished mom and her pups are found wedged under an abandoned home.

Dog wardens work tirelessly for Pennsylvania’s canine citizens. Don’t let it end. Contact your legislators about House Bill 1504 and Senate Bill 663.

Did you know that PA dog wardens receive humane society police officer training? This training provides them with knowledge about what to look for in kennels and other situations where animal cruelty may be present, allowing them to make a justified cruelty referral to a humane society police officer who can seize dogs and charge for animal cruelty.