| | | 1. Cats with identification. An animal shelter that accepts | | a cat with cat identification shall make a reasonable attempt to | | notify the owner by telephone or by sending a written notice | | within 24 hours of accepting the cat. Except as provided in | | subsections 4 and 5, the animal shelter shall hold the cat for a | | period of 6 days beginning on and including the day of | | acceptance. If the owner claims the cat within the 6-day period, | | the animal shelter shall release the cat to the owner upon | | payment of any municipal impoundment fee and actual fees incurred | | for food, shelter and veterinary care. Upon expiration of the 6- | | day period, ownership of the cat is vested with the animal | | shelter and the animal shelter may then handle the cat as a | | homeless cat for disposition in accordance with subsection 2. |
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| | | 2. Homeless cats. When an animal shelter accepts a cat under | | section 3919 and that cat does not have cat identification, the | | animal shelter shall hold the cat for not less than 24 hours. | | After the 24-hour period, the animal shelter may treat the cat as | | a homeless cat and may: |
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| | | A. Offer the cat for adoption, sell or give away the cat; | | or |
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| | | B. Otherwise dispose of the cat humanely in accordance with | Title 17, chapter 42, subchapter IV |
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| | | An animal shelter may not sell or give a cat to a research | | facility. |
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| | | 3. Owner's claim after 6-day period. An owner may reacquire a | | cat at any time prior to its disposition under subsection 2 upon | | payment of any municipal impoundment fee and actual fees incurred | | for food, shelter and veterinary care and any other reasonable | | fee imposed by the animal shelter. |
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| | | 4. Euthanasia for severely sick, severely injured or | | extremely vicious cat. A humane agent, an animal control officer | | or an animal shelter may authorize in writing the immediate | | euthanasia of a severely sick, severely injured or extremely | vicious cat upon determining that the animal control officer of | the municipality where the cat was found has been notified or, if | the cat has cat identification, the owner of the cat has been | notified. |
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| | | A.__The animal control officer of the municipality where the | | cat was found has been notified or, if the cat has cat | | identification, the owner of the cat has been notified; and |
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| | | B.__A veterinarian states in writing that the cat's recovery | | from its injury or illness, given reasonable time and |
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