PORTLAND (AP) — A healthy, newborn girl has been taken into protective custody after a man discovered her in a field Sunday.

A Portland Police Bureau spokesman says the man entered the field after his dogs wouldn’t stop barking and he heard what he thought might be a kitten.

He contacted police and officers patrolling nearby found the 29-year-old woman who had just given birth.

She has not been charged with a crime, but the investigation remains active.

To prevent unwanted newborns from being abandoned or killed, Oregon passed the “Safe Place for Newborns” law in 2001. The law allows a parent to leave an infant that is 30 days old or younger with an employee of a medical facility or law-enforcement agency — no questions asked unless there are signs of abuse.