Little Rock requires animals adopted from Animal Village to be spayed or neutered, and Chapter 5 imposes higher license fees on intact pets. The city operates low-cost spay-neuter clinics with partners to reduce shelter intake across Pulaski County.
Little Rock Chapter 5 requires that all dogs and cats released from Little Rock Animal Village be sterilized as a condition of adoption. Owners who reclaim intact stray pets must sign a sterilization agreement with a deadline. Annual license fees in the code are tiered, with lower fees for sterilized animals to encourage compliance. The city partners with low-cost spay-neuter clinics and rescue groups to make surgery affordable. Repeat litters, breeder operations, and intact pets running at large may trigger nuisance citations and additional impound fees, particularly when puppies or kittens end up in city shelter intake.
Failure to sterilize after adoption breaches the contract and is a Chapter 5 violation; intact running-at-large citations carry higher reclaim fees per Animal Village schedule.
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