(A) For the purpose of discharging the duties imposed by this chapter and to enforce its provisions the Animal Control Authority with any police officer is empowered to enter upon any premises with a search warrant upon which an animal is kept or harbored and to demand the exhibition by the owner of such animals, or the license, if required, for such animals.
(B) It is further provided that the Animal Control Authority may enter the premises with a police officer and search warrant where any animal is kept in a reportedly cruel or inhumane manner, and demand to examine such animal and to take possession of such animal when, in his or her opinion, it requires humane treatment.