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Highland Police Department – Animal Control
Humanely caring for feral cats ...
Highland Animal Control, the Police Department and Humane Indiana are partnering to provide the brightest outlook possible for the town’s neighborhood of outdoor cats. Once a feline is humanely trapped, either by a resident or Animal Control, the animal will be evaluated at Humane Indiana in Munster to see if it qualifies for the agency’s Community Cat (RTF) Return to Field program. Captured felines are vaccinated, sterilized and returned to their outdoor homes. The program is an important alternative to shelter intake, where statistics show only 0.03 percent of cats are returned to their owners. Click here to learn more.
ANIMAL CONTROL
Highland residents have a long-standing history of loving both furry and feathered friends. If you own a pet – or are thinking about adopting one – here's what you need to know. Police officers along with VIPs officers handle all calls regarding stray animals – pets as well as their wild cousins. The town partners with Humane Indiana, a no-kill shelter that works with the town to house stray pets until their owners can be found. The town requires all animals to be on a leash when outdoors. Leash laws, as well as laws that require animal owners to pick up after their pets, are strictly enforced.
If you have a lost pet
Call the Highland Police Department's nonemergency number at (219) 838-3184 to file a report. Police dispatchers keep a log of all lost animals and do the best they can to reunite pets and their families.
If you have found someone else's lost pet
Call Highland Police nonemergency at (219) 838-3184. If the animal has a license tag on its collar, police dispatchers can help match the lost pet with its owner. If not, they will make arrangements to take the animal to Humane Indiana until the owner can be located. The shelter releases an animal only after it has been authorized by police. Residents must assume lodging costs for their pet.
If you have issues with a wild animal, stray dog or cat
Please call Highland Police non-emergency (219) 838-3184 to report a stray dog or cat as well as domestic and wild animals that pose a threat or are injured. If a wild animal is a nusiance and does not post a threat, please contact a local wildlife specialist for help.
If you are looking to adopt a pet
Please consider adopting from Humane Indiana, 421 45th Ave, Munster. The shelter is always on the look-out for loving families to pair with one or more of their cats, dogs, rabbits, even birds. INFO: (219) 922-3811 or www.humaneindiana.com.
Pet licensing fees & violations
All dogs and cats that call Highland home need a license. Registering is a one-step process at the Clerk-Treasurer’s Office, 3333 Ridge Road. Forms require contact information as well as pet name, breed, sex, color, spay/neuter and vet. A small fee applies. The owner will then be given a tag the pet is required to wear. Each year the town reunites several pets and their owners through the license program.
PET LICENSING FEES – all require proof of rabies vaccine
- Spay or neuter: $7 before March 1, $12 after March 1.
- Non-spay or neuter: $10 before March 1, $15 after March 1.
- Replacement pet license: $5 Requires proof of rabies vaccine.
VIOLATION FEES
- Dog/cat running loose: $50 first offense | $100 repeat offense
- Dog barking: First offense $50 first offense | $100 repeat offense
- Pets without rabies shots: $75 per violation
- Pets without animal license: $75 per violation
- Pets in violation of leash laws: $75 per violation
Highland Police Department
Address
3315 Ridge Road
Highland, IN 46322
Animal Warden
(219) 838-3184 x 4600
Non-emergency telephone
(219) 660-0001
HPD administration
(219) 838-3184
Mind Your Pees & Poos
Residents are reminded to pack plastic when they walk their pooches through neighborhoods and parks. Please note: Baseball and softball fields cannot be used as dog runs. Pet owners who fail to clean up after
their dogs could be penalized under
town ordinance.
Highland Municiple Code 6.05.100 Animal waste
The owner of every animal shall be responsible for the removal of any excreta deposited by his animal on public walks, recreation areas, or private property. [Ord. 730, 1976. Code 1983 § 4-10; Code 2000 § 92.10]. Penalty, see HMC 6.05.110.