§ 5-39. Impoundment of abandoned or neglected animals; interference with health department.
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Whenever animals are kept within any building or on any premises without food, water
or proper care and attention, or are kept in violation of the provisions of this article,
or are infected with disease, or kept under conditions which could endanger public
health or create a nuisance, it shall be the duty of any authorized employee of the
animal shelter department, or any person issued and authorized to wear the animal
shelter badge, to enter the building or premises to take possession of and remove
the animals so abandoned or neglected. Animals so impounded shall not be released
before the reason for causing the impoundment has been corrected. Any person who shall
hinder or molest, or interfere with any officer or agent of the parish health department
in the performance of any duty provided for by this article shall be deemed guilty
in, and shall be subject to the penalties provided for in section 5-41 of this article.
