Humane Society Of Ocean City

Our Mission

The HSOC provides animal control services for the City of Ocean City with four full-time, state-certified Animal Control Officers, two of whom are also certified as Cruelty Investigators. As an animal rescue, HSOC's mission in animal control is the protection and care of domesticated stray animals and injured wildlife. All trapped wildlife is relocated back into the proper Ocean City environment per state mandates unless a state-licensed facility agrees to accept the animal. HSOC works to rescue animals (both pets and displaced wildlife) during disasters and to find temporary housing for pets of families whose homes may have been damaged or destroyed. HSOC has been activated three times during the past eight years for disaster relief, the most recent one during the devastating Hurricane Sandy.