Animal Inspector
37 Main Street
Charlton, MA 01507
Phone: (508) 248-2210
Fax: (508) 248-2375
Email
Animal Inspector
Ann Sellew

Areas of Responsibility:
The Board of Health nominates an animal inspector each year under M.G.L. 129 § 15 and submits the name to the Bureau of Animal Health. The Bureau of Animal Health appoints a municipal animal inspector for each and every city and town in the Commonwealth. The primary duty of the Animal Inspector has recently become rabies control in the domestic animal population. Municipal Animal Inspectors are also responsible for barn inspections and may be called to assist with domestic animal disease quarantines in the event of an outbreak.

2007 Animal Inspection Report

There were 105 barn inspections done with the following census:
Horses: 274
Donkeys: 9
Diary Cows: 2
Goats: 585
Pigs: 3
Turkeys: 15
Ponies: 15
Llamas: 19
Beef Cows: 47
Baby goats: 61
Baby pigs: 60
Guinea Hens: 24
Baby equines: 11
Baby Llamas: 3
Baby Calves: 15
Sheep: 170
Pot Belly Pigs: 1
Waterfoul: 40
Mules: 0
Alpacas: 9
Steer: 3
Lambs: 2
Chickens: 496
Rabbits: 98
There were a few unfit conditions reported to the Department of Agriculture

The following are the number of quarantines done:
Six Month Quarantines
Forty Five Day Quarantines
Ten Day Quarantines
0 Dog
0 Dogs
13 Dogs
8 cats
11 cats
2 cats


1 Horse
There were three animal bites that we were unable to capture animal to quarantine.

The following are the number of specimens sent to the state lab for rabies testing:
2 cats, 2 bats, 1 deer, 1 mink, 1 muskrat, 1 woodchuck
All were negative

Related Links:

Bureau of Animal Health
Bureau of Animal Health - Rabies Information
MA Dept. of Agricultural Resources - Prevention of the Spread of Rabies/330 CMR 10.00
MA Dept. of Agricultural Resources - Legal - Statutes