The animal control officer, health officer, or any law enforcement officer shall have the right to shoot or kill any rabid animal or dangerous animal in the streets which shall manifest a disposition to bite or render itself inaccessible to impounding.
(Am. Ord. 06-2006-01, passed 6-6-06)
Editor's note:
State law reference - Authority to regulate keeping of dangerous dogs is found in V.T.C.A., Penal Code, § 42.12; authority to destroy dangerous dogs is found in Vernon's Ann. C.C.P., Art. 18.182.