(A) Any pet or dangerous pet running at large may be impounded by the animal control officer or any of the persons empowered to enforce this subchapter and transported to the county animal shelter, or to any other nonprofit animal shelter designated by County Council, and there impounded and confined until redeemed or disposed of as hereinafter provided. If an animal is transported to an animal shelter other than the county animal shelter, the redemption fee cited in § 90.06 shall not be collected.
(B) Immediately after impounding any properly tagged pet, the animal control officer and/or animal shelter operator shall make a reasonable effort to notify the owner in writing or by telephone of its impoundment and to inform the owner of the conditions whereby he can regain custody of the pet.
(C) At-large animals and pets shall be either euthanized after five working days, or placed for adoption at the discretion of the animal shelter operator.
(D) It shall be the duty of the animal shelter operator to keep accurate and detailed records of seizures and dispositions of all animals coming into their custody. Such records must be kept a minimum of two years.
(E) Any animal determined by the animal control officer to be abandoned shall be impounded by the animal control officer.
(F) Exempt dogs. No hunting dog is required to be constrained by a leash while it is actually engaged in hunting game and under supervision. As used in this section, SUPERVISION means that the owner of the hunting dog or his/his designee is either in the vicinity of the hunting dog or in the process of trying to retrieve the hunting dog.
(Ord. 2012-09, passed 9-20-2012)
Statutory reference:
Hunting, S.C. § 50-11-150