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16.52.085 Removal of animals for feeding--Examination--Notice--Euthanasia...cont
(5) If no criminal case is filed within fourteen business days of the animal's removal, the owner may petition the district court of the county where the animal was removed for the animal's return. The petition shall be filed with the court, with copies served to the law enforcement or animal care and control agency responsible for removing the animal and to the prosecuting attorney. If the court grants the petition, the agency which seized the animal must deliver the animal to the owner at no cost to the owner. If a criminal action is filed after the petition is filed but before the animal is returned, the petition shall be joined with the criminal matter.
(6) In a motion or petition for the animal's return before a trial, the burden is on the owner to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the animal will not suffer future neglect or abuse and is not in need of being restored to health.
(7) Any authorized person treating or attempting to restore an animal to health under this chapter shall not be civilly or criminally liable for such action.
16.52.090 Docking horses--Misdemeanor
Every person who shall cut or cause to be cut, or assist in cutting the
solid part of the tail of any horse in the operation known as "docking," or
in any other operation for the purpose of shortening the tail or changing
the carriage thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
16.52.100 Confinement without food and water--Intervention
by others
If any domestic animal is impounded or confined without necessary food
and water for more than thirty-six consecutive hours, any person may,
from time to time, as is necessary, enter into and open any pound or
place of confinement in which any domestic animal is confined, and supply
it with necessary food and water so long as it is confined. The person
shall not be liable to action for the entry, and may collect from the
animal's owner the reasonable cost of the food and water. The animal
shall be subject to attachment for the costs and shall not be exempt
from levy and sale upon execution issued upon a judgment. If an investigating
officer finds it extremely difficult to supply confined animals with
food and water, the officer may remove the animals to protective custody
for that purpose.
16.52.110 Old or diseased animals at large
Every owner, driver, or possessor of any old, maimed or diseased horse,
cow, mule, or other domestic animal, who shall permit the same to go
loose in any lane, street, square, or lot or place of any city or township,
without proper care and attention, for more than three hours after
knowledge thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor: Provided, That
this shall not apply to any such owner keeping any old or diseased
animal belonging to him on his own premises with proper care. Every
sick, disabled, infirm or crippled horse, ox, mule, cow or other domestic
animal, which shall be abandoned on the public highway, or in any open
or enclosed space in any city or township, may, if, after search by
a peace officer or officer of such society no owner can be found therefor,
be killed by such officer; and it shall be the duty of all peace and
public officers to cause the same to be killed on information of such
abandonment.
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