Bowling Green, Missouri

Section 210.010 Dogs And Felines To Be Registered And Vaccinated — Exceptions.

A. No dog or feline shall be kept within the City limits without having obtained a license from the City license administration. The license administration shall provide to all animal owners who pay the animal license fee and show proof of a certificate of vaccination from a licensed veterinarian that said animal has been properly vaccinated against rabies. The following shall apply for registering animals owned or harbored within the City limits:

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10. A license shall be issued after payment to the City Collector and a receipt in duplicate shall be executed with the original being issued to the person paying the fee. The fee shall be as follows:

a. Unneutered or unspayed dog or feline shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00).

b. Neutered or spayed dog or feline shall be five dollars ($5.00).

Any dog or feline believed to be of unsound health, due to age or physical condition by a licensed veterinarian, shall not be required to be neutered or spayed and the twenty-five dollar ($25.00) fee shall be waived when written verification is provided to the license administration.

Section 210.050 Impoundment — Redemption And Disposition Of Unclaimed Animals.

It shall be the duty of the Animal Control Officer and all Police Officers to take up and impound such dogs or felines found in the City running at large as are in this Chapter prohibited; and to enforce this Chapter the Animal Control Officer and Police Officers are empowered and instructed to enter upon any private premises, but not to enter any buildings without the owner’s consent, where they have reasonable cause to believe there is a dog or feline in violation of this Chapter. Any dog or feline so taken up by a proper officer shall be impounded in some suitable place. DHLPP (distemper, hepatitis, lento, para influenza and parvo) vaccine shall be given on entry to the animal shelter by the Animal Control Officer. Any dog or feline may be redeemed from the pound by the owner thereof within five (5) days after the impounding. If such dog or feline is unlicensed, an impounding fee as set by policy for each day the dog or feline is confined to the pound as the cost of feed and care, the daily fee provided for herein will be raised or adjusted from time to time in the discretion of the City Administrator as the actual costs of the keeping of such animals dictate. Upon the presentation of a correct license tag for a dog or feline for the current year and for the fees provided for in this Chapter, the dog or feline shall be released to any owner claiming the dog or feline. Any dog or feline which is not claimed as provided in this Chapter within five (5) days after impounding may be adopted for not less than the amount due for redemption to anyone desiring to adopt said dog or feline. No animal shall be transferred to a research or educational institution for any reason whatsoever. Any dog or feline which is not claimed by the owner or adopted shall be euthanized in any manner consistent with the laws of the State of Missouri. All males and females adopted by new owners must be spayed or neutered. Fees will be set by veterinarians. Owners reclaiming dogs or felines will not have to spay or neuter the animals. All fees must be paid in advance (rabies, shots, spaying or neutering).