(A) Unlicensed dogs. The owner shall be entitled to resume possession of any impounded unlicensed dog upon payment of the at-large penalties or the impoundment penalties, or both, the daily board fees and compliance with the rabies vaccination and licensing requirements, provided that application for such possession, with payments of all required penalties and fees, is made within 72 hours after impoundment.
(B) Licensed dogs. The owner shall be entitled to resume possession of any impounded dog upon payment of at-large penalties or impoundment penalties, or both, daily board fees and compliance with rabies vaccination requirements provided that application for such possession, with payment of all required penalties and fees, is made within ten days after impoundment and notice thereof.
(C) Disposition of dogs. Any unlicensed dog impounded and not reclaimed by the owner after being held at least 72 hours, after impoundment, and any licensed dog impounded and not reclaimed by the owner after being held ten hours after impoundment and notice as required by paragraph b, above, may be destroyed in a humane manner.
(D) Adoption authorized. If the Animal Warden or his duly authorized representative determines that any unclaimed dog is reasonably healthy, currently vaccinated against rabies and should not constitute a threat to the public health and welfare of the town, he may retain said dog for a reasonable period of time to attempt to place the animal for adoption.
(E) Injured or ill animals. Any animal detained and or impounded and suffering from serious injuries, in great pain, with probability of recovery remote, or having a communicable or infectious disease which would endanger the health of people or other animals, may be destroyed in a humane manner after reasonable efforts to determine ownership have failed.
(F) Written release. Any licensed dog may be destroyed in a humane manner or placed for adoption any time within ten days from the date of impoundment if, upon notification or impoundment of said dog, the owner states that he does not wish to redeem the impounded dog and subsequently, in writing, releases the dog to the sole jurisdiction of the Animal Warden.
('86 Code, § 3.110)