(A) If an impounded animal is not redeemed by the owner, or his or her designee, within the period prescribed in § 90.122, it may be destroyed in a humane manner as approved by the American Veterinary Medical Association, the Humane Society of the United States, or the American Humane Association, or it shall become the property of the animal shelter.
(B) No animal which has been impounded for being a stray, or unclaimed by its owner, may be adopted from the animal shelter during a period of emergency rabies quarantine invoked pursuant to this chapter, except by special authorization of the Health Director, or his or her designee.
(Ord. passed 10-6-2008)