(a)It is the policy of the state that no adoptable animal should be euthanized if it can be adopted into a suitable home. Adoptable animals include only those animals eight weeks of age or older that, at or subsequent to the time the animal is impounded or otherwise taken into possession, have manifested no sign of a behavioral or temperamental defect that could pose a health or safety risk or otherwise make the animal unsuitable for placement as a pet, and have manifested no sign of disease, injury, or congenital or hereditary
condition that adversely affects the health of the animal or that is likely to adversely affect the animal’s health in the future.
(b)It is the policy of the state that no treatable animal should be euthanized. A treatable animal shall include any animal that is not adoptable but that could become adoptable with reasonable efforts. This subdivision, by itself, shall not be the basis of liability for damages regarding euthanasia.
Notes of Decisions
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cases (
1 in the last 5 years), 2001–2023 · leading case:
Purifoy v. Howell, 183 Cal. App. 4th 166 (Cal. Ct. App. 2010).
Purifoy v. Howell, 183 Cal. App. 4th 166 (Cal. Ct. App. 2010).
“1785 also added provisions to the Food and Agricultural Code and the Civil Code specifying that it is “the policy of the state” that adoptable and treatable animals should not be euthanized.”
People v. Youngblood, 91 Cal. App. 4th 66 (Cal. Ct. App. 2001).
“) However, if an animal is abandoned and a new owner cannot be found, the facility “shall thereafter humanely destroy the animal so abandoned.”
Santa Paula Animal Rescue Ctr., Inc. v. Cnty. of L.A., 313 Cal. Rptr. 3d 566 (Cal. Ct. App. 2023).
“Section 17005, subdivision (a), Civil Code section 1834.4, subdivision (a), and Penal Code section 599d, subdivision (a), all state that it is California’s policy that no adoptable animal should be euthanized.”
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