The Legislature hereby finds and declares: (1) that animals straying on public highways and other places private or public, constitute a danger to the public health, safety and convenience, are destructive of property, increase traffic hazards and expose such animals to inhumane suffering; (2) that the general public welfare dictates the exercise of the police […]
The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Agriculture for the Virgin Islands or any of his duly authorized representatives. (2) “Owner” includes any person owning, keeping or harboring any domestic animal, […]
Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, all laws relating to the control of animals running at large shall be administered by the Commissioner. The Commissioner shall have and may exercise all such powers as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter, including the power […]
(a) In exercise of his powers and duties hereunder, the Commissioner may designate agents or employees of the Department of Agriculture, or agents or employees of a humane society, to act as animal wardens for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this chapter or of any provision law relating to the prevention or prohibition […]
