New Orleans addresses animal hoarding through City Code Ch. 18 sanitation and confinement rules plus Louisiana's animal-cruelty statutes. The LA/SPCA, as contracted animal control, investigates neglect and can seize animals kept in unsanitary or overcrowded conditions.
There is no standalone "hoarding" section, but Ch. 18 requires animals to be given sanitary, sound shelter and kept without nuisance (odor, noise, sanitation). Keeping too many animals to properly care for them typically triggers nuisance abatement plus Louisiana's simple and aggravated cruelty-to-animals statutes (La. R.S. 14:102.1), which criminalize neglect, unsanitary confinement, and failure to provide food, water, or shelter. The LA/SPCA humane-law division investigates complaints, can obtain warrants, seize animals, and refer criminal charges. Rabies vaccination and confinement duties under Ch. 18 apply to every animal in the home.
Cruelty and neglect under La. R.S. 14:102.1 carry criminal fines and jail; seized animals may be forfeited. Nuisance conditions are separately abatable under Ch. 18, with removal ordered.
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