HAYS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) – The Hays County Sheriff’s Office received 981 calls related to stray dogs from September 2024 to September 2025, according to the Hays County Sheriff’s Office.

In a recent Facebook post, HCSO acknowledged that stray dogs were an issue in the county, and that it was looking for a path forward to achieve its goals of “protecting public safety, providing compassionate care for animals in our custody, and delivering quality service to our community,” the post read.

“At this time, the Sheriff’s Office has resumed picking up strays in the most critical situations (i.e., public health and safety risks, injured animals, cruelty, bites, etc.),” the post continued.

“We obviously can't go and pick up every stray dog in the county,” Hays County Sheriff Anthony Hipolito t

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