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First responders to reports of animal cruelty, or criminal activity in general, may find themselves faced with an animal in need of emergency veterinary care without which death is imminent. You must invest the time to understand from the prosecutors in your jurisdiction what actions you can take to aid the animal in that moment, as well as preserve evidence of the crime of animal cruelty (see Chapter 9 for additional nuances of the emergency aid and exigency exceptions [Figure 4.4] to the warrant requirement). Again, if you are acting as a representative of any state agency, it is your duty to understand what your state law permits in these emergency situations.

Figure 4.4 Understand what the laws in your state specify about providing emergency aid to an animal in critical condition, such as this downed horse.

Source: Oregon Humane Society.