Jefferson Parish does not have a standalone hoarding ordinance, but keeping more animals than you can properly care for is enforced through its cruelty and neglect provisions. Owners must supply adequate food, water, shelter, and veterinary care, and tethering an animal as its only confinement is itself treated as cruel
Sections 7-126 and 7-127 prohibit cruel treatment and neglect: no one may ill-treat, neglect, abandon, or fail to provide necessary veterinary care for an animal, and all animals must have sufficient wholesome food and water, with no animal left without attention for more than 24 hours. Section 7-126 also declares that using tethering as a means of stationary confinement is cruel treatment. Hoarding situations, where the number of animals exceeds the owner's ability to provide humane care and sanitation, are addressed under these humane-care standards and the public-nuisance provisions. JPAWS humane officers may seize and impound animals that are cruelly treated or neglected under Section 7-129.
Cruelty and neglect are punishable under the parish Code and Louisiana law; JPAWS may seize animals, and aggravated cruelty can carry criminal penalties. Owners bear impoundment and care costs.
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