Port Coquitlam By-law 3990, s. 14 — IMPOUNDMENT OF DOGS 1) Any person, including the Poundkeeper, an Animal Control Officer and a police officer, may seize any Dog found At Large in the City

IMPOUNDMENT OF DOGS 1) Any person, including the Poundkeeper, an Animal Control Officer and a police officer, may seize any Dog found At Large in the City.

2) Any person who seizes a Dog pursuant to the preceding section shall as soon as possible deliver such Dog to the Poundkeeper for impoundment. 3) The Poundkeeper, an Animal Control Officer and a police officer may seize any Dog over the age of six (6) months that does not have a current licence. 4) A Dog is deemed to be impounded as soon as it is seized by the Poundkeeper, an Animal Control Officer or a police officer and all related fees in this Bylaw apply to such impoundment. 5) If an impounded Dog is not reclaimed by its Owner within seven days (168 hours) of its impoundment, the Dog becomes the property of the City, and in that case the City may:

• a) offer the Dog to the public for adoption if the Dog is not an Aggressive Dog or a Dangerous Dog;
• b) transfer the Dog to a suitable animal welfare organization; or
• c) have the Dog humanely euthanized. 6) The Owner of any Dog impounded under this Bylaw may reclaim his or her Dog upon application to the Poundkeeper and upon proof of Ownership and upon payment of the licence fee for the current year and the fees imposed and expenses 3990 12 incurred in impounding and maintaining such Dog, as provided in the Fees & Charges Bylaw No. 3892, as amended from time to time. 7) Section 14.6 does not apply to Dangerous Dogs.