A. If an impounded animal has not been claimed for five or more days, the owner’s rights will be forfeited, and the animal may be handled according to the animal shelter’s policies, rules and regulations, including humane destruction of the animal.

B. If an animal has been impounded and one or more citations have been issued to the animal’s owner or keeper, but the animal’s owner or keeper does not make a personal or written appearance on the citation(s) in the Bend Municipal Court within the time required by the citation(s), then the owner’s rights will be forfeited, and the animal may be handled according to the animal shelter’s policies, rules and regulations, including humane destruction of the animal.

C. If an animal has been impounded and the owner or keeper of the animal makes a first appearance in the Bend Municipal Court, but the owner or keeper later fails to appear as required by the Municipal Court, then the owner’s rights will be forfeited, and the animal may be handled according to the animal shelter’s policies, rules and regulations, including humane destruction of the animal.

D. Any animal taken to the shelter as a safekeeping for the owner shall remain under care of the shelter for 10 days. If the owner of the animal does not arrange the reclamation of the animal before the eleventh day, the animal will be handled according to the animal shelter’s policies, rules and regulations, including humane destruction of the animal. [Ord. NS-2248, 2015; Ord. NS-2151, 2010; Ord. NS-2142, 2010]