§ 23043 Animal Transport Inspection Authority

• •Police or animal control can stop any vehicle carrying certain animals (like horses, mules, or sheep) or their skins/hides on public roads.
• •They can take these animals or their skins/hides and hold them for up to 30 days if they need to investigate something.
• •This rule helps make sure animals are being treated right and nothing illegal is happening.

A farmer is driving a truck full of sheep on the highway.

If a police officer sees the truck and thinks something might be wrong, they can stop the truck and even take the sheep to check if they are being treated okay. They can keep the sheep for up to 30 days while they figure things out.