§ 14:504. Confined animals; necessary food and water.
Latest version.
When a living animal is impounded or confined, and continues without necessary food
and water or proper veterinary care for more than twenty-four (24) consecutive hours,
any law enforcement officer may, as often as is necessary, enter any place in which
the animal is impounded or confined and supply it with necessary food and water, so
long as it shall remain impounded or confined.
If the owner or keeper of said animal does not respond within twenty-four (24) hours
to official notification by the animal control and rescue center relative to the animal's
abandonment or conditions, the animal control and rescue center shall than seize the
animal and deliver it to the animal shelter. If the animal is not claimed within a
reasonable time as determined by the animal shelter director, but not less than six
(6) days, it is then considered abandoned and forfeited to the animal shelter and
shall be disposed of accordingly.
