Shelby, MI Animal Ordinances: Mandatory Spay/Neuter (2026)

Section 100-6 governs impoundment and covers what happens to animals held at the county animal shelter or another contracted animal control facility. Subsection A ties that shelter's operations to Public Act No. ), the state law that authorizes municipal and county animal control contracts. Subsection B then imposes the actual spay/neuter condition: 'Any animal control shelter in which an animal is impounded shall carry on release, treatment, adoption or disposal of animals in accordance with the requirements of state law. ' Because the rule attaches to adoption from an impound facility, it does not reach animals that stay with their original owner and are never surrendered or impounded; the village has no separate ordinance requiring every pet in Shelby to be sterilized.

The section builds in one accommodation for young animals: 'If the animal is too young to neuter at the time of adoption, the fee shall be paid for services, which shall be performed at a later date,' so an adopter can take a kitten or puppy home immediately while committing, through payment, to have the surgery completed once the animal is old enough. This shelter-adoption spay/neuter condition sits alongside the licensing and rabies vaccination duties in § 100-7, which apply to every dog over four months old regardless of adoption history.