A. All animals which are adopted from the animal shelter shall be surgically altered to prevent reproduction by that animal. Any animal adopted from the animal shelter or other agent of the city, will be altered before it leaves the animal shelter. If the animal being adopted is not able for reasons of age or medical reasons to be sterilized a general adoption agreement setting a date that the animal being adopted must be surgically altered by (generally dogs and cats could be altered after reaching twelve (12) weeks of age).

B. Failure to comply with this section or failure to comply with the terms of this adoption contract shall give the animal control officer the right to recover the adopted animal in question and revoke the owner’s adoption contract. Such failure shall also constitute a violation of this chapter.

C. The adoption fee shall be increased or decreased as needed by policy, to include and cover the cost of surgically altering, sheltering, medicating, vaccinating and preparing the animal for adoption.

D. This section’s requirements of altering and adoption fee shall not apply where cooperative agreements between the animal control division and any welfare group are made for the placement with such groups of animal subject to adoption. Likewise, this section’s requirements shall not apply to animal transfers made under cooperative agreements between the animal control division and other governmental entities. (Ord. G-1011 § 1 (part), 2007: Ord. G-1001 § 1 (part), 2007)