(A) The Animal Control Officer, or any other city officer or employee shall catch, or take up, and impound in the city pound any animal which is at large within the city or in violation of this code. When an animal is so impounded, it shall be humanely kept and treated, and may be redeemed and disposed of, as other impounded animals are kept, treated, and redeemed or disposed of. A description of the animal shall be kept and if the owner is known, the city shall attempt to notify the owner of the impoundment orally or in writing.
(B) In any prosecution charging a violation of any part of this section proof that the animal described in the complaint was at large as defined herein and that the defendant named in the complaint was the owner of the animal shall constitute in evidence a prima facie presumption that the owner permitted his or her animal to be at large in violation of this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 4-131) Penalty, see § 90.999
Statutory reference:
State law on disposal of animals, applicable to cities over 10,000, see 4 O.S. §§ 501 through 508