No,not in larger cites. The SPCA will not pick up dogs and charges a hefty fee if you bring a dog in. As to the Animal Control, they don’t. You are on your own.
Do you have a citation/link for that? I am not aware of that policy.
ok. we see spca pick up vans ... so the implication is that’s what they’re doing...
but i really don’t know for sure.
it sounds like you’ve already checked at least for your city
so that is the answer
there are often private operations that care for animals and then adopt them out. we got two lovely cats from such a lady....you may wish to look for someone like her
best, regards,