Cass County, Indiana

§ 94.23 IMPOUNDMENT.

(C)   Redemption and sale of impounded animals: destruction of diseased animals.

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(2)   Licensed/owned/identified dogs shall not be redeemed by any person other than the owner until the expiration of five days past the impoundment. In the event that the owner does not redeem their animal during the five day period previously set forth, the animal becomes the property of the shelter and may be adopted to anyone upon paying the shelter and maintenance fees, plus surgically rendered incapable of reproduction (if not previously completed) before the release of the animal. The cost will be at the new owner’s expense.

(3)   Any animal impounded, unidentified, and not claimed by a proven said owner within the five day period, may be managed by shelter personnel for determination of adoptability (if intact animal, the animal must be spayed-neutered at the expense of the new owner, before the release of the animal from the shelter) or humanely destroyed by euthanization.