In consideration of personal safety, as well as sanitation, no person may bring an animal onto the University campus, except for:

1. Service animals for the disabled. A “service animal” for the purposes of this policy is any guide dog, signal dog, or other animal individually trained to provide assistance to an individual with a disability;  

2. Animals used for academic research, but only as set forth in Policy Statement #101, Laboratory Animals Used for Teaching and Research; and 

3. Animals that are brought on campus for a purpose specifically approved and under conditions required by the Chancellor or a vice chancellor.

Procedures and Regulations

Persons who bring animals onto campus in violation of this policy will be required to leave campus with the animal immediately.  Stray or unattended animals may be impounded by Police and Public Safety and turned over to the local Animal Control Shelter.

To report the presence of an animal in violation of this policy, call Police and Public Safety at extension 2200.

(Initially approved by the Executive Staff on July 25, 1977; revised April 25, 1997; revised October 30, 2000; revised April 7, 2003.)