[Adopted 4-26-2018 by Ord. No. 18-04]
In order to protect the health and safety of an animal, a law
enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic, or animal control officer,
who has probable cause to believe that an animal is confined in a
motor vehicle under conditions that are likely to cause suffering,
injury or death to the animal due to heat, cold, lack of adequate
ventilation, or under other endangering conditions, may enter the
motor vehicle by any reasonable means under the circumstances after
making a reasonable effort to locate the owner or other person responsible
for the animal.
The law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic, or animal
control officer who removes an animal from a motor vehicle pursuant
to this part shall be immune from liability that might otherwise result
from the removal, to the extent protected by the Pennsylvania Political
Subdivision Tort Claims Act, or any other applicable law.
