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Section 4-28 Impoundment, redemption, adoption, destruction of animals.
(a) Animals running at large, shall be taken into custody by an animal control officer and shall be impounded and confined in the humane society pound in a humane manner until disposition can be made of them in accordance with the provisions of this article. (b) Immediately upon impounding an animal, the humane society shall make reasonable effort to notify the owner, if known, of such animal of its impoundment and to further inform such owner of the conditions under which the animal may be reclaimed. All conditions and fees required for the administration of this article shall be set by the humane society, which conditions and fees shall be prominently posted on the premises operated by the humane society for animal control. This section shall not apply to impounded dangerous animals or potentially dangerous animals. (c) If the owner of any impounded animal shall not claim such animal within five (5) days after notice of impoundment or if the owner is unknown and cannot be found after reasonable effort within five (5) days after impoundment, such animal may be released to any person desiring to adopt the animal upon payment of the prescribed fee set by the humane society, or in the sole discretion of the humane society the animal may be humanely destroyed. (d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, the humane society has the absolute authority, after receiving a concurring opinion from a licensed veterinarian, to humanely destroy any animal at any time whatsoever which is suffering extreme pain, has incurred an irreversible medical condition which might reasonably prove to be fatal in the immediate future, or carries a communicable disease dangerous to animals or humans. (Ord. of 3-12-90(2), 1; Ord. of 3-23-98, I)
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