All dogs taken up by a peace or animal control officer shall be delivered to the Minidoka Joint Animal Control Facility. Facility shall not refuse any dog. Dogs shall not be held at any other location, except those delivered to a veterinarian as directed by the Facility. No fostering of dogs outside the Facility is permitted. Any dog not reclaimed, adopted, or otherwise committed to an entity engaged in the legal rescue, adoption or otherwise providing homes for dogs, within twenty-one (21) days shall be euthanized.
Any dog may be reclaimed at the Minidoka Joint Animal Control Facility by the owner or other person entitled upon payment of any related fees as established by the City Council by resolution. Fees shall be paid to the Minidoka Joint Animal Control Facility and a receipt shall be issued. Fees may include bail out, vaccination, quarantine, boarding, and other related fees as established by resolution.
An unlicensed dog which will be kept or harbored within the City, upon release, shall not be released until the person reclaiming such dog has purchased a current license and any related fees as established by resolution incurred related to the dog.
After the five (5) day period for dogs taken up as found in Idaho Code 25-2804, rather than euthanizing the dog, the animal control officer may then take steps to adopt the dog to a third person. Any third person shall pay all impoundment and adoption fees against the dog and have the dog properly licensed before the dog may be surrender to such third person.
Minidoka Joint Animal Control Facility may waive impoundment, adoption, and other fees for an entity engaged in the legal rescue, adoption, or otherwise providing homes for dogs.
Adoption to a third person is available by Minidoka Joint Animal Control Facility as provided in this section. Adoption fees shall be established by City Council by resolution. (Ord. 2019-610, 6-12-2019, eff. 6-12-2019; amd. Ord. 2020-623, 2-26-2020; Ord. 2021-647, 10-13-2021)