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La. R.S. 3:2431

Humane society may arrange for care of animals

Known as the Louisiana Abandoned Animals Act

The act spans §§ 3-1821 to 3-2511 (189 sections).

PART III. CARE OF SUFFERING ANIMALS

§2431. Humane society may arrange for care of animals

All officers of incorporated humane societies, in cities over twenty-five thousand and under one hundred thousand inhabitants, and all officers of the law in the cities, who are hereby made special officers of the societies, when in their judgment cruelty is being practiced towards any animal or the animal is bruised, wounded, crippled, abrased, sick, or diseased, may remove the animal whenever found to any stable designated by the humane society, for care and treatment, there to remain until sufficiently recovered to resume service.

Official source: Louisiana State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Louisiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.