To report urgent and non-urgent animal complaints to the Office of Animal Services please call the Police non-emergency number at 301.279.8000 x2. Examples include animal attacks, cruelty or neglect, at large dogs, rabies vectors species (raccoons, foxes, bats, groundhogs, an skunks) and snakes in plain sight inside the living space of a home, stray animals, injured animals, barking dogs (where there is no concern for the immediate welfare of the animal) defecation complaints, and odor complaints. Injured deer should be referred to the Montgomery County Police Department at 301.279.8000(x1). For nuisance wildlife see, Reporting a Nuisance Wildlife Problem