Rancho Cucamonga, CA Animal Ordinances: Mandatory Spay/Neuter (2026)
Key Facts
- Spay/neuter deadline
- By 4 months of age
- Animals covered
- Miniature goats and miniature pigs only
- Tusk trimming
- Required for male minipigs age 2+
- Cats/dogs mandate
- None; only miniature goats/pigs covered
- Governing section
- Development Code Sec. 17.88.020(C)(4)(b)
Summary
Rancho Cucamonga does not mandate spaying or neutering household cats or dogs, but its Development Code requires miniature goats and miniature pigs kept as small livestock to be neutered or spayed by four months of age, and older male miniature pigs to have tusks trimmed.
b. Miniature goats, miniature pigs, or similar-sized animals. i. Miniature goats shall be neutered by four months of age. Miniature pigs shall be spayed or neutered by four months of age. ii. Male miniature pigs two years of age or older shall have their tusks properly trimmed.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4999536; v21 updated 2026-07-15).
Full Breakdown
020(C)(4)(b), the small-livestock standards for miniature goats, miniature pigs and similar-sized animals, states that miniature goats must be neutered by four months of age and miniature pigs must be spayed or neutered by four months of age. 020-1. 020(C)(4)(a)). 020(B) and (D).
Violations & Fines
Keeping an unaltered miniature goat or pig past the four-month deadline, or an un-trimmed male miniature pig two years or older, violates the small-livestock standards of Section 17.88.020(C)(4)(b) and is enforceable as a general municipal code violation, punishable as a misdemeanor (up to $1,000 fine, up to six months in jail) or an infraction, under the citywide penalty provision Section 1.12.010.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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