(A) Any animal named in this chapter which is found running at large or staked, hitched or fastened in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be seized and impounded by the Chief of Police or his designee.
(B) Whenever a police officer shall find any feral/vicious animal (which includes any animal that has been separated from domestication), except a dog loose or running at large in the streets or other public places in the city, the officer shall take up such animal and put same in pens or lots kept for such purposes, and to notify the owner, if known. After three days’ impoundment, such animal, if not claimed by its owner, shall be disposed of in any humane manner in the discretion of the Chief of Police or his designee.
(2005 Code, § 6-10) (Ord. 08-03-11, passed 3-24-2008; Ord. 2016-09-12, passed 9-26-2016)
Statutory reference:
Impoundment of livestock, see G.S. §§ 68-17 et seq.