Michigan Laws 287.339a – Animal control shelter or animal protection shelter; maintenance of records
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 287.339a
- animal: means a mammal except livestock as defined in 1937 PA 284, MCL 287. See Michigan Laws 287.331
- Animal protection shelter: means a facility operated by a person, humane society, society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, or any other nonprofit organization for the care of homeless animals. See Michigan Laws 287.331
- Department: means the state department of agriculture and rural development. See Michigan Laws 287.331
- Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 287.331
An animal control shelter or animal protection shelter shall maintain written records on the total number of dogs, cats, and ferrets under 6 months of age, the total number of dogs, cats, and ferrets 6 months of age and older, and all other animals received, returned to owners, adopted to new owners, sold, or transferred with or without remuneration to any person, the number of adopted dogs, cats, and ferrets that were altered, the number of adopted dogs, cats, and ferrets that were not altered, and the number of dogs, cats, and ferrets euthanized annually, and shall annually provide a copy of these statistics to the department, by March 31 of the year following the year for which the statistics were compiled.