(A) Destruction in self-defense. Any person may dispose of a dog, cat or other animal in self-defense or in defense of another when the animal, without undue provocation, bites him or her or the other, or attacks, or attempts to bite or attack him or her or the other in such manner that an ordinarily prudent person would be led to believe the person toward whom the efforts of the animals are directed is about to be bitten or otherwise physically harmed.
(B) Report of dangerous animal; determination. Upon notice that any animal is held or confined within the town limits which exhibits dangerous propensities or is reported to be dangerous, town officers shall investigate, and if, considering all factors, the animal is determined to constitute a potential threat to the safety of the community, the owner or persons in charge of the animal shall be given seven days’ notice in which to comply with an order to improve confinement to ordered specifications or, at the option of the officer, to remove the animal from the town limits. Upon failure to comply, the animal shall be impounded and disposed of in a humane manner.
(Prior Code, § 5-6-7) Penalty, see § 90.99