dog warden

noun

British
: a public official who is responsible for catching dogs that do not have homes : (US) dogcatcher

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Following the attack, the dog was removed by the dog warden. — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 15 Dec. 2025 Tammie says the county dog warden came and collected the dogs and took them to the county shelter. — Sarah Dahlberg, NBC news, 26 Nov. 2025 The dog warden had warned Bates in the past about the dog after another child was attacked, WSYX reported. — Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2025 The 57-year-old woman repeatedly complained to the Montgomery County dog warden, installed a fence around her yard in Dayton and asked for a civil protection order. — Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 Shiverdecker also wrote that the dog warden and Cincinnati SCPA offered no facts to support the lawsuit and sought no remedy, meaning there's was nothing Clemons could do to resolve the matter. — Cameron Knight, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Sep. 2025

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