Medical responders request animal control for unsecured dog, Worcester MA

Medical Emergency

Reported: 11/21/2025 01:16 AM

Near May St, Worcester, MA 01610

Medical responders called animal control to assist at near May Street because of an unsecured dog inside a house where a person had fallen. The dog was previously reported as emaciated and the house appeared to be cluttered. Animal control responded due to concerns about the dog's condition and safety precautions.

Audio|Source: Worcester City Police

02:26

Transcript:

00:00

Doug, we're getting the first responder, near May Street.

00:03

EMF is requesting animal control.

00:05

They were there yesterday, I guess.

00:07

Animal control went with them.

00:08

There's a dog in the house that's unsecured.

00:15

Okay,

00:17

um, why did they go there yesterday?

00:26

Yesterday they went because he wasn't feeling well today.

00:29

He looks like he fell.

00:31

We have an unknown.

00:35

Receive O calling the animal control.

00:38

Do we know what kind of dog it is?

00:43

Negative. They don't know what kind of dogs.

00:45

Thank you.

00:55

Perfect.

00:59

I just want to give you a heads-up from yesterday.

01:03

We did have animal control go over there as well.

01:05

The dog was emaciated.

01:08

It looks like hasn't really eaten.

01:12

The gentleman did say that animal control just take the dog yesterday.

01:18

It appears to be a hoarder house as well.

01:23

Was the dog aggressive or anything that the EMTs don't want to go in?

01:35

CR6 is a dispatch.

01:36

If it's just a matter of picking the dog up, we can have animal control put the dog up when they come in at second.

01:44

Reseesee, let me double check with them.

01:45

We don't have anything in here about it being aggressive.

01:49

See if I have this.

01:58

CR6.

02:03

They don't know if the dog is aggressive, they're requesting it precautionary because they don't want to get attacked.

02:13

Okay,

02:16

can you call the on-call animal control and they can give me a call directly if they have questions before they come in?

02:23

Please.

02:25

Thank you.

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