The Animal Services Division for the City of Longview or a designee that is approved by the manager of the Animal Services Division, the animal control authority, or any animal control officer, is hereby authorized to trap or otherwise capture any feral animal, cause that feral animal to be spayed or neutered, provide necessary vaccinations or other medical care deemed necessary by the Animal Services Division or the designee of the manager of the Animal Services Division for the health and welfare of said animal, and then return the animal into the community as close as possible to the location from which the animal was taken. This program does not interfere with the authority of any police officer, animal control officer, or other person designated by the manager of the Animal Services Division to otherwise exercise any authority granted pursuant to state law or in Chapter 13.
(Ord. No. 3973, § 2, 2-26-15; Ord. No. 4054, § 11, 5-24-16)