Galloway Township addresses animal over-accumulation through its kennel-licensing requirement, nuisance/health provisions, and the running-at-large ban, while animal cruelty and hoarding are prosecuted under New Jersey's cruelty statutes (N.J.S.A. Title 4). Multiple animals kept in unsanitary or nuisance conditions can be seized and abated.
Galloway Township has no ordinance using the word 'hoarding,' but the outcome is reached through several tools. Keeping dogs at a kennel-scale level requires a state kennel license and annual health-department inspection (Ch. 107 requires kennels to comply with state statutes). Unsanitary conditions and odor are abatable under the Township's health and property-maintenance/nuisance provisions. Serious neglect or cruelty is enforced under New Jersey's animal-cruelty laws (N.J.S.A. 4:22), which authorize seizure of animals kept without adequate care. Suspected hoarding is typically handled jointly by Township code enforcement, animal control, and county/state cruelty officers.
Cruelty/neglect is prosecuted under N.J.S.A. 4:22 with fines, seizure of animals, and possible criminal charges. Township nuisance/health and unlicensed-kennel violations add local penalties, with animal-code fines up to $2,000.
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