Animal hoarding, neglect and cruelty are prohibited in Castle Rock under Municipal Code Title 6 and Colorado's cruelty statute (CRS 18-9-202). Combined with the three-dog limit and care standards, excessive or neglected animals can be seized and the owner charged.
Castle Rock's Animal Code (Title 6) requires owners to provide adequate food, water, shelter and care and prohibits neglect and cruelty, and the Town's three-dog cap plus fowl limits directly restrain the accumulation of animals. Colorado's animal cruelty statute (CRS 18-9-202) makes it an offense to knowingly or with criminal negligence overwork, torture, deprive of necessary sustenance, or fail to provide proper care to any animal. Hoarding situations that create neglect, unsanitary conditions or public-health nuisance are addressed through Animal Welfare enforcement, and severe cases can be prosecuted as criminal cruelty with animal seizure.
Cruelty and neglect are prosecutable under CRS 18-9-202 (misdemeanor, or felony for aggravated/repeat cases) with animal seizure; Town Title 6 adds local citations and abatement.
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