Pima County Animal Control and Wildlife Calls

This is general information, not veterinary, medical or legal advice. For an injured or aggressive animal, a bite, a pet attack or a suspected rabies exposure, call your doctor, your vet, local animal control, or the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD).

Reviewed by the editorial desk against the cited sources. The desk holds no wildlife-biology, veterinary or medical credential; see our editorial policy. Phone numbers and rules were checked on 2026-11-14 against the agency pages linked below. They change, so confirm with the agency before relying on any number.

This page is part of our who to call guide for Pima County and Arizona. It explains which Pima County office handles which kind of call, and when the state wildlife agency is the right contact instead.

The short version

• Emergency or immediate danger: call 911.
• Someone has been bitten: get medical care. Any bite or scratch, or any contact between a pet and a wild animal, means calling a doctor or vet and local animal control.
• Bite, rabies concern, injured pet or a potentially dangerous animal in Pima County: Pima Animal Care Center (PACC) Animal Protection Services dispatch, 520-724-5900, ext. 4.
• Wildlife questions, or a neighbor feeding wildlife: the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD).

Pima Animal Care Center: Animal Protection Services

Pima County’s Animal Protection page says its Animal Protection Officers respond to thousands of calls each month and that calls are answered on a priority basis. According to the county, police assists, calls about cruelty, neglect, biting and potentially dangerous animals, and injured animals are responded to first.

The county lists these services for Animal Protection Officers: rescuing injured pets, enforcing the leash law and licensing, investigating cruelty and neglect complaints, responding to bite and rabies concerns, addressing noise and waste complaints, and outreach and education.

To reach dispatchers, the county gives 520-724-5900, ext. 4. The same page links an online “Contact Animal Protection Services” form. Hours are not listed on the pages we opened, so call and check rather than assuming someone is available overnight.

What the county pages do not say

The Animal Protection pages we opened do not mention wildlife, and they do not mention Green Valley or unincorporated areas by name. We do not claim that PACC will respond to a coyote that is simply in your yard. If you are unsure who covers your address or your situation, call the dispatch line, say where you are and what you saw, and ask.

An archived county page (no longer maintained) also lists a PACC main address of 4000 N. Silverbell Rd., Tucson, AZ 85745, and a general number of (520) 724-5900. Because that page is archived, treat its hours and listings as out of date.

The Arizona Game and Fish Department

AZGFD is the state wildlife agency and the source we use for what residents should and should not do about coyotes. Its Keep Wildlife Wild brochure lists a Tucson office at (520) 628-5376 and the department’s Phoenix headquarters at (602) 942-3000. The brochure is dated 2018, so confirm both numbers on the AZGFD website before calling.

AZGFD’s coyote page tells residents to report a coyote attack on a person to the department or call 911, and says anyone bitten by a coyote must immediately seek medical attention from a qualified health care provider. It also says to call your local AZGFD office during weekday business hours; see the page for after-hours instructions. That page blocks automated page fetching, so we read it through a search index copy; open it directly and confirm: AZGFD: Living with Coyotes.

Neighbors who feed wildlife

AZGFD’s brochure says feeding, attracting or enticing wildlife (except birds and tree squirrels) is illegal in Pima, Pinal and Maricopa counties, with violations bringing a fine of up to $300. It says to contact the department if feeding activity in your neighborhood is causing wildlife to become bold, and lists a 24/7 confidential tip line, Operation Game Thief, at 1-800-352-0700.

Checked on 2026-11-14: the statute, ARS 13-2927, defines unlawful feeding of wildlife as intentionally, knowingly or recklessly feeding, attracting or otherwise enticing wildlife into an area, applies in counties with a population above 280,000, and makes it a petty offense. Read it at azleg.gov and confirm with AZGFD.

If a pet has contact with a wild animal

The CDC says to keep pets away from wild animals as much as possible and to keep pets up to date on rabies vaccines. Any contact between a pet and a wild animal means calling your veterinarian and local animal control. Do not handle the wild animal yourself: the CDC says to call animal control when an animal needs help.

For what to do right away, see our guide to what to do during a sighting and our pet and child safety guide. Veterinary attention comes first for an injured pet.

Marana and Sahuarita

An archived Pima County page says that from July 1, 2017, residents of Marana and Sahuarita receive animal care services from their own town, and lists Marana Animal Services at (520) 382-8020 and the Sahuarita Animal Services Division at (520) 445-7877. That page is no longer maintained, so confirm with the town. It does not mention Green Valley; see our Green Valley coyote resources for what we could and could not confirm there.

Reporting a sighting

A sighting is not an emergency, but a written record helps if you later need to report. Our sighting report form page explains how, and the encounter report builder helps you organize the details before you call or email.

Common mistakes

• Calling the wrong agency first for an emergency. For immediate danger or a bite, call 911 or get medical care first, and sort out the agency afterward.
• Handling the animal yourself. The CDC advises calling animal control instead.
• Relying on an old number. Several numbers on agency pages are dated. Confirm before you depend on one.

Frequently asked questions

The questions above are answered in the FAQ block of this page. For more, see our Coyote FAQ.

Sources

All sources are listed in the page metadata and linked inline: the Pima County Animal Protection pages, archived Pima County directory pages, the AZGFD Keep Wildlife Wild brochure, ARS 13-2927 and the CDC rabies prevention page.