Doesn the bill eliminate the requirement for seized animals to be held in custody until the case is resolved?
Yes, but AB-793/SB-580 replaces the requirement with an improved provision that dog owners should support. The new provision allows the owner or the district attorney to petition the court to order that the animal be maintained in custody only for a period determined by the court to be reasonable to allow the collection of evidence relating to the animal. An animal abuse or fighting case can take many months, if not years, to resolve. The Dane County pitbull case is a good example. In this instance, the animals had to be housed separately because of their trained aggressiveness and the staff was severely limited in what could be done to help them. DCHS could do no training, no surgery, no rehabilitation, and these dogs took all of their time and resources to the point that homeless animals in their area could not be served. The cost of care was over $200,000 in ten months. If the defendants had not surrendered custody in a civil court case pending the outcome of the state and federal c
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