A. Upon investigation and determination that a person owns or is keeping or harboring a wild animal on premises within the city, the animal control officer shall mail written notice to such person, requiring the person to safely remove the animal from the city within five (5) days after the receipt of said notice.
B. The animal control officer shall cause to be seized and impounded any wild animal where the person owning, keeping or harboring such animal has failed to comply with the notice sent pursuant to this section. Provided, however, the animal control officer shall cause to be immediately seized and impounded, without the requirement of notice in subsection A of this section, any wild animal that has previously caused serious physical harm or death to any person, or has escaped and is at large. Upon seizure and impoundment, said animal shall be delivered to a place of confinement which may be with any organization authorized by law to accept, own, keep or harbor such animals.
C. If, during the course of seizing and impounding, the wild animal poses a risk of serious physical harm or death to any person, the animal control officer is authorized to contract with appropriate persons or agencies to render said animal immobile by means of tranquilizers or other safe drugs. If the animal has escaped and is at large, and immobilization is not safely possible, then said animal may be killed. (Ord. 1510, 8-8-2000)