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Type of Jurisdictions Involved

City
County

 

Specific Jurisdictions Involved

Villages of Bayside, Brown Deer, Fox Point, Greendale, Hales Corners, River Hills, Shorewood, West Milwaukee, and Whitefish Bay; Cities of Cudahy, Franklin, Glendale, Greenfield, Milwaukee, Oak Creek, South Milwaukee, St. Francis, Wauwatosa, West Allis.

 

County

Milwaukee

 

Region

Southeastern

 

Type of Agreement

Consolidation of Services

 

Implementation and Incubation

  • In 1996 the Milwaukee County Intergovernmental Cooperation Council created an Animal Control Services Planning/Steering Committee to plan for animal control services for Milwaukee County once the Wisconsin Humane Society decided they no longer would provide animal control services. 
  • MADACC opened August 1, 1999 to provide animal care and control services for the nineteen municipalities of Milwaukee County. 
  • In its first year, MADACC accepted 13,559 animals. 
  • MADACC is governed by a Board of Directors and an Operations Committee.

WHAT DOES MADACC DO?

  • Provides animal rescue and care for the nineteen municipalities of Milwaukee County. 
  • Provides animal control officers to rescue stray, injured, sick, mistreated and dangerous animals. MADACC provides emergency on call service between hours of operation. 
  • Reunites stray domestic animals with their owners, provides responsible pet ownership education and promotes animal licensing. 
  • Provides shelter and care for nearly 13,000 animals a year including domestic stray animals, pets seized by the police for safekeeping, illegal exotic pets, and animals that require rabies quarantine. 
  • Provides limited veterinary services including medications, splints, and minor suturing. Emergency medical care is provided by MADACC through Milwaukee Emergency Center For Animals (MECA). 
  • Provides a central location for owners to find and recover their lost pets and for stray animal drop off. The shelter is open 7 days a week with extended weekday hours. Business hours are Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

WHAT HAPPENS TO THE ANIMALS?

  • Upon admittance, animals are scanned for a microchip, given a health exam, dewormed and vaccinated, given food, water and clean bedding, and if a stray animal, its photograph is posted onto MADACC's website, www.madacc.com. 
  • Under law, stray animals are sheltered for a minimum of 7 days. If unclaimed after the 7 day hold, the animals are evaluated for health and temperament and offered to local shelters, breed placement groups or euthanized as a last resort. 

 

 

Factors Involved

Milwaukee County Humane Society ceased animal control operations.  Desire to have one shared facility

 

Benefits

Reduce costs, greater efficiency, streamlined service delivery, avoid having to build and staff separate animal control facilities

 

Results

Avoided having to build and staff separate animal control facilities. Improved service delivery and clear fiscal benefits. MADACC also got to take over pet licensing from Milwaukee County - lost pets are much easier to locate than before with a single database

 

Web Site

http://www.madacc.com/

 

Project Contact

 

Contact

Milwaukee Area Domestic Animal Control Commission - For more information, please call 414-649-8640

 

Abstract

 

Agreement

http://www.localgovinstitute.org/sites/default/files/14-R-97%20MADACC%20%20doc20110407104242.pdf