Pet Animal Facility Requirements Before Euthanasia

The bill requires an animal shelter or a pet animal rescue to notify each animal shelter and pet animal rescue in the state before euthanizing a pet animal so that another animal shelter or pet animal rescue may take possession of the animal if it wants the pet animal. This requirement does not apply to:

• A pet animal that is irremediably suffering;
• A dog adjudicated to be dangerous;
• A dog ordered to be euthanized by a court; or
• A dog with a history of repeated unprovoked biting prior to the current impound, as documented by an agency charged with enforcing state or local animal laws.
  (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)