Douglas, Arizona

6.04.340 – Adoption of dogs and cats.

C. A dog or cat shall not be released for adoption from the City Animal Shelter unless one of the following applies:

1. The dog or cat has been first surgically spayed or neutered.

2. There is no veterinary facility capable of performing surgical sterilization within a twenty-mile radius of the shelter.

3. The veterinarian determines that a medical contraindication for surgery exists that reasonably requires postponement of the surgery until the surgery can be performed in a safe and humane manner.

D. If subsection (C), paragraph (2) or (3) applies, the adopting party shall sign an agreement to have the dog or cat spayed or neutered by a veterinarian within thirty days or within fifteen days of a veterinarian’s determination that surgical sterilization may be performed in a safe and humane manner and shall deposit with the shelter an amount sufficient to ensure that the dog or cat will be sterilized.