The animal shelter

The animal shelter The animal shelter We are a Municipal Animal Control facility, and our primary responsibility is for public safety. www.nacanet.org

We impound stray dogs, sick or injured animals and respond to citizen’s complaints. We also adopt healthy and behaviorally sound animals to the public and provide animal protection. We are not a no-kill facility in the sense that we can not house animals for indefinite periods of time or if the animals deteriorate in health or mental well-being. This goes back to public safety issues and we have a

responsibility to not place aggressive animals back into the community. The staff at Animal Control as well as the Town of Trumbull can be held liable if we place animals that are potentially dangerous or have known propensities for aggression. Since we impound stray animals that come in with unknown histories, frequently with little or no training, and sometimes behavioral issues, we try the best we can to figure out the animal and place them in the most appropriate home but there are times when we will euthanize animals for medical or behavioral issues. Duties of Animal Control Officer:
One of the most important roles animal control plays in a community is rabies control. We investigate animals that have bitten people or other animals. Dogs and cats that are not currently vaccinated for rabies when they bite someone have to be quarantined for 14 days. We will from time to time have animals here for quarantine. These are generally owned pets that will be returned to their owners after the quarantine unless there is a dangerous dog investigation pending. Since our primary duty is to impound stray dogs, we must accept any dog that is found roaming. Here in Trumbull about one half of all the dogs impounded as strays are redeemed by their owners within a matter of hours or a day or two. The others may have been abandoned or dumped in Trumbull. State law mandates, after two (2) days, that we advertise in the newspaper (CT Post) and hold any strays for seven (7) days to give the owner a chance to claim their pet. If the animal is not claimed after that time, for a total of nine (9) days, then they may be offered for adoption. We sometimes will accept owner surrendered pets from Trumbull residents if they are adoptable and we have cage space. We investigate citizen complaints that range from dogs roaming, barking dogs, injured animals, aggressive animals, animal cruelty or manner of keeping, animal bites and any violations of animal laws. We also enforce violations of animal laws such as failure to vaccinate a dog or cat, failure to license a dog, allowing a dog to roam or to bark excessively and we can issue infractions for these offenses. In addition we prosecute offenders of the animal cruelty laws. Most of the animal laws are state laws but Trumbull has a few ordinances regarding animals which include; a leash law for dogs, a pooper scooper law for pets, a dangerous dog law, and the keeping of noisy animals. Stray Cats:
Animal Control does not routinely impound stray cats because there are no laws regarding cats roaming. We will impound cats that are sick, injured or have bitten someone. We do not have the proper facilities to house cats for any length of time but have plans for an addition where we will be able to house some cats for adoption. Wildlife:
We only respond to calls for sick or injured wildlife or a wildlife species that may have had contact with pet. Generally sick or injured wildlife are euthanized unless it is the type that can be taken to a wildlife rehabilitator. We receive numerous wildlife calls in the spring and summer regarding animals that residents consider a nuisance but we will not remove healthy wildlife from private property. We will offer humane solutions to help people and animals coexist peacefully. Residents wanting wildlife removed from their properties can contact nuisance wildlife operators. Adoptions:
As mentioned earlier Animal Control adopts animals that are not claimed by their owners or animals that have been surrendered by their owners provided these animals are medically and behaviorally sound. When citizens coming to the shelter are interested in adopting a dog, the entire family must meet the dog to ensure everyone will get along. We are very particular with families with young children as some adult dogs do not do well with very young children. If citizens have other dogs at home, the dogs must meet each other as well. Trumbull also has a policy that Trumbull residents who provide applications on dogs will get first choice over applicants from other towns. Volunteering:
Trumbull Canine Shelter is assisted by the volunteer group Trumbull Animal Group (TAG). If you like to jog and need a jogging buddy, or live in a place that doesn't allow animals, then volunteer your time at the Trumbull Canine Shelter. Please call John Marshall, the volunteer coordinator, at 203-380-2540, to schedule an orientation meeting (Must be 18 to volunteer). http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.petfinder.com%2Fshelters%2FCT18.html&h=ed5cd

Community Service:
If your child needs to fullfill community service hours to graduate from school, then Trumbull Canine Shelter can assist with that requirement, as long as spots are available. Duties would include washing dishes, doing laundry, cleaning dog, cat, and exotic animal runs. There will be no handling of dogs by community service kids. If you are interested in becoming an Animal Control Officer, you can learn more about it at the National Animal Control Officers Association website.

08/05/2026

In the summer of 2007, biologists near Dunraven Pass in Yellowstone spotted a young female grizzly with four cubs. She had produced two of her own that spring. Two is normal. Four is not. The extra cubs were smaller and clearly not hers. DNA testing told the rest. The two additional cubs belonged to her mother, Grizzly #125. The young female was raising her own baby brother and sister alongside her own children. All four cubs shared the same father: Grizzly #211, the massive scarred male the park called Scarface.

Grizzly #125 had produced cubs that spring and lost them. Nobody witnessed the separation. Researchers believed wolves or another disturbance may have driven the cubs away from #125 before they could follow her. The cubs were small enough to be vulnerable and old enough to walk. Somewhere in the timber between Dunraven Pass and the Yellowstone River, they found their older sister.

She took them.

Grizzly mothers do not always accept unfamiliar cubs. A female defending her own young will sometimes kill a strange cub that approaches because a cub she does not recognize represents a potential competitor for the milk and attention her own offspring need. The P-65 cougar post we published a while ago told the same story from the other side: a mother that was given orphaned kittens sorted her own from the strangers, took hers, and left the rest. The Yellowstone daughter did the opposite. She absorbed two additional cubs into her family group and continued traveling with all four through the summer.

Steve Cain, a National Park Service biologist, explained why bears may be more willing to accept strange cubs than other large mammals. Bears do not live in herds. They do not need to pick their offspring out of a crowd of identical animals the way an elk cow identifies her calf among hundreds. A bear's social world is small: herself and her cubs, moving through the forest as a tight unit. If a cub is present and behaving like a cub, the female's maternal response may not require a precise identity check. Cain also noted that adopting related cubs could be adaptive. A female that raises her own siblings is preserving copies of her own genes even if the cubs are not her direct offspring. The genetics reward the behavior even if the bear does not understand why she is doing it.

The young mother was still traveling with all four cubs in August when researchers last confirmed the group. Four cubs is an enormous burden for a grizzly. A typical litter is two. Nursing four cubs through the summer and into the fall hyperphagia, the period when a bear must eat 15,000 to 20,000 calories a day to build the fat reserves needed for hibernation, drains the mother's body at a rate that can approach the limits documented in sea otter end-lactation syndrome. Whether the Yellowstone daughter survived the winter with all four is not recorded in the published accounts.

Image is for illustration purposes only

Source: Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team / Jackson Hole News & Guide / National Park Service / Greater Yellowstone Grizzly Project.

08/05/2026

What kind of sick mind could do such a thing?!

08/05/2026

A man spent his last £20 saving a stray cat named Bob. 🐈

That simple act of kindness changed his life and led to an unexpected journey.

The bond between James and Bob touched millions of people around the world.

Their story showed how compassion toward an animal can create powerful connections.

A small rescue moment became a reminder of hope, friendship, and second chances.

08/05/2026

These very good dogs have an important job to do 🐶💙

Alberta is expanding its team of conservation dogs trained to sniff out invasive zebra, quagga and golden mussels hidden on boats and trailers. Officials say the specially trained dogs can detect the tiny shellfish in about half the time it takes human inspectors, helping prevent them from spreading into the province's lakes and rivers.

The province is also adding more boat inspection stations and making inspections mandatory at key entry points during boating season. Invasive mussels can damage water infrastructure and disrupt aquatic ecosystems, so officials hope the expanded canine team will help keep Alberta's waterways mussel-free.

08/05/2026

Stray dog kept bringing toys to children at the park. Then one neighbor realized what he was really asking for.

For weeks, parents at a small neighborhood park kept noticing the same scruffy stray dog wandering around the playground. He seemed especially drawn to the children.

The dog would sometimes appear with an old stuffed animal or a forgotten toy in his mouth. He never barked at the kids or acted aggressively. Instead, he would quietly walk over, place the toy on the ground near a child, and stand there wagging his tail nervously.

At first, everyone assumed he simply wanted to play.

But one man who lived across from the park had seen the dog doing it again and again. So he began paying closer attention.

That was when he noticed something that made the whole thing feel different.

Whenever the children finished playing and left with their families, the dog stayed behind.

He would wander around the empty park for a while before curling up beneath a light post, alone, and settling down for another night outside.

The man eventually began leaving food for him. Little by little, the frightened stray started trusting him enough to come closer.

And the more time they spent together, the more the man wondered if the dog's behavior at the park had never really been about the toys.

Maybe he was trying to give the children something because giving was the only way he knew how to get close to people.

Maybe, in his own simple way, he was hoping someone would notice him too.

The man asked around the neighborhood and eventually learned that the dog had no owner coming back for him.

So he decided the dog didn't have to spend another night alone.

He brought him home, cleaned him up, gave him a safe place to sleep, and officially adopted him.

Now, instead of waiting alone beneath a park light for someone to notice him, the once lonely stray has a home, a family, and a yard of his own.

And the toys he once carried around the park hoping to make a friend?

They're now scattered around his own living room.

Sometimes, a dog isn't asking for much.

Just someone to finally understand what he's been trying to say.

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