South Australian Consolidated Regulations South Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) Where an
unprotected animal is in a reserve and—
(a) is
not under the control of any person; and
(b) is
not in the reserve with the written permission of the relevant authority or
pursuant to a lease, licence or agreement entered into by the Minister or the
relevant authority,
a warden or any other person authorised by the relevant authority may subject
to subregulation (2)—
(c)
capture and dispose of the animal by sale or in any other manner; or
(d)
destroy the animal.
(2) Where a warden or
other person authorised by the relevant authority knows, or has reason to
believe, that a person claims ownership of an animal in a reserve, the warden
or other person must, before disposing of or destroying the animal, serve
notice on the person claiming ownership requiring him or her to remove the
animal from the reserve within seven days.
(3) The notice may be
served—
(a)
personally or by post; or
(b) if
the whereabouts of the person on whom the notice is to be served are
unknown—by publication of the notice in a newspaper circulating
generally throughout the State.
(4) The costs of
capturing and disposing of an animal or destroying an animal under
subregulation (1) are a debt due by the owner of the animal to the Crown.
(5) An animal or the
carcass of an animal that has been captured or destroyed must not be
surrendered to its owner until those costs have been paid.