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Our Humane Police Officers reply to reports equally quickly as possible, if your business organization is urgent or life-threatening and requires an immediate response, please call 911 or your local police force department.

If yous suspect animate being cruelty in Lehigh Canton please complete our Written report Creature Cruelty form. Our Humane Police Officer cannot investigate incomplete or inaccurate reports. In club for an animal cruelty study to be investigated it must contain all of the following data: the exact address of the suspected cruelty, a detailed study of the suspected cruelty, a description of the creature and your name and phone number. All complainant information is confidential and is for Officeholder utilise just.

Know The Basics

What is animal cruelty?

  • A person intentionally, knowingly or recklessly illtreats, overloads, beats, abandons or abuses an fauna

What is neglect of an beast?

  • Failure to provide for the basic needs of each creature, including:
    • Food and water
    • Shelter that is clean and sanitary and protects from the weather, retains body heat and keeps the beast dry
    • Necessary veterinary intendance

What is Aggravated Cruelty to an Animal?

  • A person intentionally or knowingly:
    • Tortures an animate being
    • Commits an human action of neglect or cruelty causing serious bodily injury or decease

What are the Laws for Tethering an Unattended Canis familiaris

  • Tethering of Unattended Dog
    • An unattended dog may exist tethered for less than 9 hours in a 24-60 minutes period if the following weather are met:
    • Tether is secure to a well-fitting collar with swivel to forestall the dog from being entangled
    • Collar may not be a tow or log concatenation or asphyxiate/pinch/prong/concatenation collar
    • Tether is at least 3 times the length of the dog measured from tip of nose to base of operations of tail or 10 feet, whichever is longer
    • Dog has access to h2o
    • Dog has access to a shaded expanse
    • Area must not have excessive waste product
    • The dog must non exist tethered for longer than 30 minutes when the temperature is to a higher place ninety degrees Fahrenheit or below 32 degrees Fahrenheit

What is Considered Fauna Mutilation?

  • Ear cropping
  • Debarking
  • Tail docking
  • Surgical birth
  • Declawing of a dog

What defines Creature Fighting?

  • Causing, allowing or permitting an animal to engage in fighting
  • Receiving bounty for the admission of another person to a place kept or used for brute fighting
  • Owning, possessing, keeping, training, promoting, purchasing, stealing or acquiring in any matter or knowingly selling an fauna for animal fighting
  • Wagering on the outcome of an beast fight
  • Paying admission to or attending an animal fight
  • Knowingly permitting a place under the person'due south control or possession to be kept or used for animal fighting

Other Offenses that are considered Cruelty

  • Possession of Animal Fighting Paraphernalia
  • Transporting Animals in a Cruel Manner
  • Taunting or Torturing Constabulary Animals

What HSPOs Cannot Enforce

  • Enforcement of the following issues falls nether Animal Command or the Pennsylvania State Domestic dog Warden
    • Stray animals/animals running at large
    • Rabies license
    • Canis familiaris license
    • Dog bites/dangerous dogs
    • Local ordinances including pet limits
    • Kennels and puppy mill inspection
    • Theft of animal (this is a civil issue)