(A) No diseased or sickly horse, cow, hog, dog, cat or other animal nor any that has been exposed to any disease that is contagious among such animals shall be brought into the county unless under veterinary care.
(B) Any animal, being in any street, highway or public place within the county, appearing, in the estimation of the Administrator, animal shelter manager, or animal control warden, to be injured or diseased and past recovery for any useful purpose, and not being attended and properly cared for by the owner or some proper person to have charge thereof for the owner, and not having been removed to some private premises or to some place designated by such officer or animal control officer within on hour after being found or left in such condition, may be deprived of life by such officer, or as he/she may direct.
(C) No person, other than the Administrator or law enforcement officers, animal control wardens, or persons authorized by contract or otherwise, shall in any way interfere with the removal of such dead, sick or injured animal in such street or place. No person shall skin or wound such animal in any street, highway, or public place, unless to terminate its life as herein authorized, except that the owner or person having control of such animal may terminate the life thereof in the presence and by the consent of a law enforcement officer, or the Administrator, animal shelter manager or animal control warden.
(Ord. 0-2007.1, passed 3-13-2007; Ord. 2008.03, passed - -2008; Ord. O-2012.02, passed 3-13-2012; Ord. O-2014.01, passed 2-11-2014) Penalty, see § 90.99