Can AI Replace Animal Control Workers in 2026?

Lower exposure. AI could handle about 38% of today's animal control workers tasks by 2036, and there is a 14% chance the number of jobs falls by a fifth or more. AI both assists and takes over tasks.

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Timeline

Year2030

Tasks AI can do

24%

Headcount (2025 = 100)

Chance of 20%+ fewer jobs

10% 2030 · 14% 2036

One person could cover, 2036

1.3 roles

Share of today's tasks AI can perform

Headcount index, 2025 = 100 (dashed line)

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Lower-risk jobs that use similar skills

Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers4% risk by 2036 Veterinary Technologists and Technicians4% risk by 2036

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Try an AI tool on one task you'd normally do by hand: "Write reports of activities, and maintain files of impoundments and dispositions of animals".Learn one AI tool well enough to show it in an interview, for: "Investigate reports of animal attacks or animal cruelty, interviewing witnesses, collecting evidence, and writing reports".Get visibly better at your human core: "Capture and remove stray, uncontrolled, or abused animals from undesirable conditions, using nets, nooses, or tranquilizer darts as necessary".Rewrite the top of your CV around judgment, people and decisions, not routine output.Read about a lower-risk move: Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers.

Lower-risk jobs with similar tasks

Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers — 4% chance of contraction by 2036
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians — 4% chance of contraction by 2036

Similar occupations

Animal Caretakers · Veterinarians · Animal Breeders · Animal Scientists

Based on 16 O*NET tasks for "Animal Control Workers" (SOC 33-9011.00). LLM alone: 27% of tasks; with AI tools: 43%. Projections are a model, not official statistics. How we calculate this · Data version 2026-10