Animal Control | County of Brant

The County of Brant Bylaw Enforcement Division responds to concerns regarding animal related public safety and nuisance issues and work together with residents to ensure safe and responsible pet ownership.

Animal complaints

Community Cats

Community cats are cats that are not owned by anyone and live in the neighbourhood on their own. Community cats and community cat colonies are common in both rural and urban areas.

If you are experiencing any trouble with community cats, you may contact the following organizations:

Brant County SPCA

Dog Bites

If you have been bitten by a dog, get medical assistance immediately. Report to the Brant County Health Unit at 519.753.4937 x 470 and contact the County of Brant Bylaw Enforcement Division. Reporting the incident ensures verification of rabies vaccination status. Rabies is fatal if left untreated.

Report an animal in distress

To report an animal in distress, please contact the County of Brant at 519.442.7268. If it is after regular working hours, please contact 519.44BRANT, (519.442.7268)

Report animal cruelty or neglect

To report cases of cruelty or neglect, please contact the province at 1.833.926.4625.

Pet keeping

No person is permitted to keep more than three dogs that are over the age of three months, or more than three cats over the age of two months at any premises or in/around any household. Exotic pets are prohibited.

Prohibited animals

It is against our bylaw to keep an animal or animals of any of the following classes anywhere within the County of Brant:

all marsupials (such as kangaroos and opossums)
all non-human primates (such as gorillas and monkeys)
all felids, except the domestic cat
all canids, except the domestic dog
all viverids (such as mongooses, civets, and genets)
all mustelid, except the ferret (such as skunks, weasels, otters and badgers)
all ursids (bears)
all aritodactylus ungulates, except domestic goats, sheep, pigs, cattle, alpacas and llamas kept as part of a legal livestock operation on lands zoned agricultural
all procyonids (such as raccoons, coatis, and cacomistles)
all hyenas
all pinnipeds (such as seals, fur seals and walruses)
all snakes of the families pythonidae and boidae
all venomous reptiles
all ratite birds (such as ostriches, rheas, cassowaries), except Emus kept as part of a legal livestock operation on lands zoned agricultural
all diurnal and nocturnal raptors (such as eagles, hawks and owls)
all edentates (such as anteaters, sloths and armadillos)
all pteropodidae (bats)
all crocodilians (such as alligators and crocodiles)
all arachnids (such as tarantulas)
all perissodoactylous ungulates, except the domestic horse and donkey kept as part of a legal livestock operation on lands zoned agricultural
all elephantidae (elephants)
all erinacidae (except hedgehogs)

View the full Animal Control Bylaw (PDF)