When an animal is impounded under § 90.99(C)(1), the Town Marshal may retain such animal in his or her custody for such period of time as he or she determines that it will be feasible to properly confine, shelter and care for the animal at any town facilities available for such purpose. When the Marshal shall determine that it is no longer feasible to keep such animal, he or she shall deliver custody of the same to the nearest of most convenient municipal, county or humane society pound which will accept custody of the animal. However, if the animal is a wild animal of a species or livestock, and is sufficiently mature to care for itself in the wild, the Marshal may immediately release the same in a suitable area outside of the town. If the owner or keeper of an impounded domestic animal is known, the Marshal shall notify him or her of the animal’s impoundment. If the owner or keeper is not known, the Marshal shall post a notice describing the animal, the time and place of its impoundment and the reason therefor at the Town Hall, and if the animal is livestock which may have wandered from outside the town limits, a copy of the notice shall also be sent to the office of the County Sheriff.
(Prior Code, § 4-2-5)