Who to call
We don’t publish phone numbers. Here is the rule that works anywhere.
We don’t publish a list of phone numbers. Animal services in Arizona are run by cities, counties and tribal nations separately, the numbers change, and a dead number costs a dog time it doesn’t have. Here is the rule instead. It works anywhere.
Someone has been bitten, or a dog is hurt or loose in traffic
Call 911. That is the right call every time, and it never changes.
You live inside city or town limits
Call your city or town police non‑emergency line. In much of Arizona they either are animal control or they dispatch it. Search your town’s name plus “police non-emergency” and you will have the current number in seconds.
You live outside city limits
Call your county sheriff. Unincorporated land is theirs. Some Arizona counties run a shelter and some do not — the sheriff’s office will tell you where intake actually happens where you are.
You are on tribal land
Call your nation’s police or animal control. Tribal nations are sovereign, and county and city officers have no authority on tribal land. Calling the county first will cost you days, and in some parts of Arizona — Apache County among them — the county runs no animal services at all. Your nation is not a fallback here. It is the right first call.
You are not in Arizona
We do not know who handles this where you live, and we would rather say so than guess. The same rule holds almost everywhere: city police non-emergency inside town, sheriff outside it, and your nation’s police on tribal land. Your local Humane Society is also worth a call — they will know the intake route in your area even when they are not the ones taking the dog.