Existing law: (1) prohibits a person from engaging in cruelty to animals; and (2) authorizes any person who knows or has reasonable cause to believe that an animal has been subject to an act of cruelty to report that act to a peace officer, an officer of a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals that is authorized to make arrests or an animal control officer. (NRS 574.053, 574.100) This bill requires the owner or operator of an animal shelter or any commercial establishment engaged in the business of selling or displaying animals to the public or allowing animals to interact with members of the public to post a notice near the enclosure of the animal: (1) notifying the public that if a person believes that the animal is in danger, is being treated poorly or has been subjected to an act of animal cruelty, the person may contact the local animal control authority; and (2) providing the telephone number for such authority.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 574.053
BDR: 574.053