Buckingham County Animal Control
Danny Shumaker
Animal Control Officer
Maurice Jones
Assistant Animal Control Officer
Contact
The Animal Control Officers (ACO's) are available Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. To reach an ACO during these hours, please call (434) 969-4242. Please note, ACO officers only respond to domestic animal calls. Should you have encounters or questions about wild game, contact the sheriff office at (434) 969-1772 and a dispatcher will get you in touch with a game warden.
The ACO's are on call for EMERGENCIES ONLY all other times. An emergency consists of animals destroying property, attacking humans or other companion animals, and other severe, life-threatening circumstances. To contact an ACO after regular working hours, contact the Buckingham County Sheriff's Office at (434) 969-1772, and a dispatcher will contact the ACO on duty.
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