Jonathan Bryant
Livestock Poultry Program Manager
Tele: 404-656-3665
To report an alleged animal cruelty incident, contact your local animal control office. If your county does not have an animal control office, contact your local municipal or county law enforcement office.
The Georgia Department of Agriculture takes our responsibilities to you very seriously and are committed to protecting and promoting Georgia's agriculture through superior service and leadership. Field Force investigators handle many issues involving poultry and livestock on a daily basis. Whether at a public livestock auction market or show, their enforcement of health regulations and laws pertaining to state requirements keep Georgians and their animals healthy. Livestock and Poultry enforces and regulates statutes governing the public sale of livestock and poultry, mortality disposal, and disease control.
Field Force investigators handle many issues involving poultry & livestock on a daily basis. Whether at a public sale, market, or show, their enforcement of health regulations and laws pertaining to state requirements keep Georgians and their animals healthy. Livestock/Poultry holds certification training for Animal Feeding Operators at no cost to Georgia swine, poultry, and dairy farmers.
Livestock/Poultry Enforces and regulates the statutes governing:
- Public sale of livestock and poultry
- Livestock and poultry mortality disposal
- Livestock disease control
- Livestock auction markets and sales
- Inspection of poultry pits and site approvals
- License and inspect deer farmers
- Enforce exhibitions health requirements of livestock at shows, fairs,etc.
- Livestock poultry emergency management
- Livestock and Poultry Information Sheet
- Livestock Exhibition Recommendations