Rhode Island S2151 allows animal control officers to take charge of and care for abandoned, neglected, or hazardously accumulated animals.

Rhode Island S2151 amends the state's cruelty to animals law to allow animal control officers in cities and towns to lawfully take charge of and provide adequate care to any animal found abandoned, neglected, or hazardously accumulated. This includes animals that are aged, maimed, disabled, lame, sick, diseased, injured, unfit for labor, or cruelly treated. The bill also includes these officers as agents authorized to enforce the provisions of this law. The owner or guardian of the animal may petition the court for an order to return custody of the animal to them.

Rhode Island S2151 allows animal control officers to take charge of and care for abandoned, neglected, or hazardously accumulated animals.

Rhode Island S2151 amends the state's cruelty to animals law to allow animal control officers in cities and towns to lawfully take charge of and provide adequate care to any animal found abandoned, neglected, or hazardously accumulated. This includes animals that are aged, maimed, disabled, lame, sick, diseased, injured, unfit for labor, or cruelly treated. The bill also includes these officers as agents authorized to enforce the provisions of this law. The owner or guardian of the animal may petition the court for an order to return custody of the animal to them.