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(A) The owner or keeper of an animal impounded pursuant to §§ 90.120 and 90.121 may redeem the animal and regain possession thereof within 72 hours after notice of impoundment is posted as required by this chapter and complying with all applicable provisions of this chapter by paying any applicable fees as determined by the Board of Commissioners.
(B) Any animal held or impounded in the animal shelter because of being found running at large shall be released to its owner by the Health Department Director, or his or her designee, upon presentation of the following:
(1) Proof of ownership of the animal;
(2) Proof of current rabies vaccination; and
(3) Payment of the daily boarding cost plus the impoundment fee, as set forth as follows:
(a) First violation per animal: if the animal is not microchipped, it shall be microchipped at the owner’s expense prior to return.
(b) Second violation per animal: if the animal is intact, the animal shall be spayed/neutered at the owner’s expense prior to return.
(c) Third and each ensuing violation per animal: an amount set by the town.
(C) Any animal held or impounded in the animal shelter because of violation of any provision of this chapter, except running at large, shall be released to its owner thereof by the Health Director, or his or her designee, upon proof of ownership of the animal. The owner of the animal shall remain liable for payment of the daily boarding cost plus the impoundment fee as set forth above.
(D) Payment of the daily boarding cost and impoundment fee shall not relieve the owner from the responsibility for all penalties which may be imposed for a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.
(E) All animals with proper identification shall be held a minimum of seven days, and all exhaustive measures will be taken to reunite the animal with its owner.
(Ord. passed 10-6-2008) Penalty, see § 90.999
(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)
(A) Unless proof of a current rabies vaccination can be furnished, every animal will be vaccinated for rabies if it is at least four months of age or older. Every person who either adopts or redeems a dog or cat at the animal shelter will be given a proof of rabies vaccination notice at the time of the redemption or adoption. For animals less than four months of age, a notice will be stamped with a date stating the maximum time limit allowed to take the dog or cat to a veterinarian for rabies vaccination.
(B) The proof of rabies vaccination notice will be completed by the veterinarian and returned to the shelter issuing the notice.
(C) Payment for rabies vaccination provided for in this section will be the responsibility of the person redeeming or adopting the animal.
(Ord. passed 10-6-2008)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any animal seized and impounded which is badly wounded or diseased (and not a rabies suspect), and has no identification, may be destroyed immediately in a humane manner. Unweaned animals may be humanely destroyed after significant attempts to contact local animal shelters and/or individual rescuers have failed. If the animal has identification, the animal shelter and/or animal control shall attempt to notify the owner before disposing of the animal. If the owner cannot be reached readily, and the animal is suffering, the animal shelter, animal control, or any law enforcement officer may destroy the animal at its discretion in a humane manner.
(Ord. passed 10-6-2008)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an animal which cannot be seized by reasonable means may be humanely destroyed by order of the Health Director, or person duly authorized by the Health Director.
(Ord. passed 10-6-2008)
(A) It shall be unlawful for any person in the county knowingly and intentionally to harbor, feed, keep in possession by confinement, or otherwise allow to remain on his or her property, any animal which does not belong to him or her, unless he or she has, within 72 hours from the time the animal came into his or her possession, notified the animal control office or person designated by the Health Director. Upon receiving the notice, the animal control officers may take the animal and place it in an animal shelter and shall deal with it as provided by the animal shelter policy.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to refuse to surrender any stray animal to animal control or any person duly authorized by the Health Director, or his or her designee, upon demand.
(C) Any person or organization who fails to notify the county animal control officer, or any person designated by the Health Director, within 72 hours of coming into possession of an animal that does not belong to him or her, shall be deemed the temporary custodian of the animal, and shall be subject to compliance with all provisions of this chapter.
(Ord. passed 10-6-2008) Penalty, see § 90.999
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