Freetown Animal Control

04/20/2026

PSA

✳️✳️ UPDATE @ 10:40PM: The roadway has been reopened.
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⚠️ ROAD CLOSURE – CHACE ROAD ⚠️

Chace Road is currently closed in the area of the railroad tracks due to a working structure fire.

Firefighting operations require the roadway to be shut down between Chace Road at Cody Drive and JM Equipment (railroad tracks area). Multiple firefighting units are responding and operating in the area.

🚫 Please avoid the area and expect delays.

🔁 Detours:
• Howland Road (via Lakeville)
• Braley Road → Chipaway Road → Bullock Road

We will provide updates as they become available.

04/18/2026

Big update in the effort to protect wildlife from anticoagulant rodenticides! We are so close!

The Senate version of this legislation has moved forward, and now we have a real opportunity to make it happen in the House. The next step is to re-affirm support by encouraging your representatives to sign on as co-sponsors!

This bill will have a huge impact on our local wildlife. We continue to treat rodenticide patients regularly, especially during baby season when young animals can lose parents and entire families can be impacted.

This is our chance to make a real difference and support our local hawks, owls, foxes, bobcats, and the many other carnivores who help keep our ecosystem in balance.

You can help today by asking your state representative to support Amendment 322 by the deadline on April 27th!

→ malegislature.gov/Search/FindMyLegislator
→ commoncause.org

Many thanks to State Representative Jim Hawkins, MSPCA-Angell, Animal Rescue League of Boston, Charles River Watershed Association, and Mass Audubon for their tireless work on this important cause!

04/18/2026

April 12th-April 18th is National Dog Prevention Week. Here are some tips on how to stay safe.

04/18/2026

04/15/2026

Update: I posted this as a courtesy, all information has been given to the caretakers. Thank you for all the interest.

This girls mom just went into a nursing home, she’s a senior herself. Anyone looking for a companion, she shouldn’t have to go to a shelter at this stage of her life.

She’s about 12 to 14 years old, but doesn’t seem it. She gets MiraLAX every day other than that doesn’t really have any health concerns.

04/01/2026

Please, please don’t use rodenticide.

03/29/2026

The TAUNTON ANIMAL SHELTER will be holding a RABIES CLINIC on APRIL 25TH, 10am-12pm at the DPW, 90 Ingell St, Taunton. $25.00 cash. Dogs must be on leashes and cats in carriers.

03/23/2026

Got them!! Thank you to everyone who called in sightings and pictures. They are safe and will be able to dry out and have breakfast shortly. Thank you to the young girl who helped me catch the white one, I’m sorry I didn’t get your name. It was much appreciated.

03/19/2026

03/06/2026

🐾 Reminder to Freetown Dog Owners 🐾

The Office of the Town Clerk, still has over 700 dogs in Freetown that remain unlicensed for 2026. Dog licenses are due by March 31st. Renew today to avoid late fees! Please remember that a current rabies vaccination certificate must be on file in order to license your dog. You may also email updated rabies certificates to: [email protected]

You can license your dog:
• In person at the Town Clerk’s Office
• After hours by placing your paperwork/payment in the white drop box outside Town Hall
• Online anytime👉 Visit: freetownma.gov/dogs

Dog licensing is required under Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 140, §137 & 137A. Thank you for helping keep Freetown’s dogs safe and properly registered! 🐶