Animals in Our Community

Cascade County Community Survey

The Cascade County Collaborative Response Project is gathering community feedback about animal-related concerns, local animal ordinances, and how animal-related situations are reported and addressed throughout Cascade County. 

Animal ordinances, enforcement authority, and available services vary depending on where an incident occurs. Requirements within the City of Great Falls may differ from those in other incorporated communities and unincorporated Cascade County. 

Participation is voluntary. The survey does not ask for your name or contact information. Please do not include names, addresses, case numbers, or other identifying information in your responses.  

This survey should take approximately 5-7 minutes. There are no right or wrong answers. 

Important: This survey is for community feedback only. It is not a way to report an animal-related concern or request assistance. Information submitted through this survey will not be forwarded or referred to another agency for investigation and will not be considered a formal complaint or report. If you have an animal-related concern that requires a response, please contact the appropriate agency directly. For an emergency or immediate threat, call 911.

CJP Survey 2

Section 1: About You

Where do you live?
Do you currently or regularly care for animals?

Section 2: Your Experiences

During the past five years, have you experienced any of the following in Cascade County?
Select all that apply.
When was your most recent animal-related report made?
Check all that apply.
Who did you contact first about your most recent animal-related concern?
What happened after your first contact?
If you considered reporting an animal-related concern but decided not to, why?
Select all that apply.

Thinking about your most recent report, please indicate how much you agree or disagree with each statement.

Section 3: Reporting and Community Response

If you had an animal-related concern today, how confident are you that you would know whom to contact?
If you had a concern about an animal today, which agency or organization would you expect to handle it?
If you found an unfamiliar dog wandering loose, what would you be most likely to do first?

Please indicate how much you agree or disagree with each statement.

Section 4: Animal Ordinances

How familiar do you feel with the animal ordinances that apply where you live?
Which animal-related requirements are least clear to you?
Select up to 3.

Please indicate how much you agree or disagree with each statement.

Section 5: Enforcement and Community Priorities

Responses available to an agency depend on the circumstances, applicable law, available evidence, prior history, and the agency’s legal authority. The following questions ask about your general preferences.
Which approach to animal-ordinance violations most closely reflects your view?
Which improvements would be most helpful to Cascade County’s response to animal-related concerns?
Select up to 3.
(Optional. Please do not include names, addresses, case numbers, or information that could identify a specific person, animal, property, or active case.)

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