CHAPTER 510

H.P. 1321 - L.D. 1881

An Act Amending the Animal Welfare Laws

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 7 MRSA §3907, sub-§5-A, as amended by PL 1993, c. 657, §3, is further amended to read:

5-A. Animal shelter. "Animal shelter" means a facility that includes a physical structure or part of a physical structure that provides temporary or permanent shelter to houses animals and operates for the purpose of providing stray, abandoned, abused or owner-surrendered animals with sanctuary or finding the animals temporary or permanent adoptive homes.

Sec. 2. 7 MRSA §3907, sub-§7, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 383, §3, is repealed.

Sec. 3. 7 MRSA §3907, sub-§8-A, as amended by PL 1997, c. 690, §4, is further amended to read:

8-A. Breeding kennel. "Breeding kennel" means a facility operated for the purpose of breeding or buying, selling or in any way exchanging dogs or cats for value that exchanges more than 16 dogs or 16 cats in a 12-month period location where 5 or more adult dogs, wolf hybrids or cats capable of breeding are kept and some or all of the offspring are offered for sale, sold or exchanged for value.