258.265 Care and control of dog -- Destruction of dog running at large at night --

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Exemption for hunting dogs.

(1)An owner shall exercise proper care and control of his dog to prevent the dog from

violating any local government nuisance ordinance.

(2)Any peace officer or animal control officer may seize or destroy any dog found

running at large between the hours of sunset and sunrise and unaccompanied and

not under the control of its owner or handler. A peace officer or animal control

officer shall be under a duty to make a fair and reasonable effort to determine

whether any dog found at large between sunset and sunrise is a hound or other

hunting dog which has become lost temporarily from a pack or wandered from

immediate control of its owner, or handler, and if he is reasonably sure that the dog

is a hunting dog, then he shall not destroy the dog, unless it is found in the act of

pursuing or wounding livestock, or wounding or killing poultry, or attacking human

beings.

(3)A hound or hunting dog may be unrestrained when engaged in lawful hunting

activities while on private or public property designated or authorized for that

purpose.