Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 47-1718

• Animal: means any live dog, cat, rabbit, rodent, nonhuman primate, bird or other warm-blooded vertebrate or any fish, snake or other cold-blooded vertebrate. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701
• Animal control officer: means any person employed by, contracted with or appointed by the state, or any political subdivision thereof, for the purpose of aiding in the enforcement of this law, or any other law or ordinance relating to the licensing or permitting of animals, control of animals or seizure and impoundment of animals, and includes any state, county or municipal law enforcement officer, dog warden, constable or other employee, whose duties in whole or in part include assignments that involve the seizure or taking into custody of any animal. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701
• Commissioner: means the animal health commissioner of the Kansas department of agriculture. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701
• Euthanasia: means the humane destruction of an animal, which may be accomplished by any of those methods provided for in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701
• pound: means a facility that is used or designed for use to house, contain, impound or harbor any seized stray, homeless, relinquished or abandoned animal or a person who acts as an animal rescuer, or who collects and cares for unwanted animals or offers them for adoption. See Kansas Statutes 47-1701