(A) In order to prevent the destruction of lost pets and to provide owners with a central facility through which to locate stray pets, the public pound shall be notified within 24 hours by any private agency, organization, nuisance wildlife control operator or individual picking up or confining a stray animal.
(B) A private organization or nuisance wildlife control operator confining a stray domestic animal must turn the animal over to the Administrator and no private individual, nuisance wildlife control operator or organization shall dispose of stray animals by killing or abandonment. Return programs are not abandonment.
(C) This section shall not prevent farmers from exercising any right they may have to destroy animals attacking their livestock or poultry.
(D) Any nuisance wildlife control operator conducting business in this county must follow the provisions set forth in the State Humane Care for Animals Act, 510 ILCS 70/, and the State Animal Control Act, 510 ILCS 5/1 et seq.
(E) Nuisance wildlife control operators may only pick-up wild animals and are prohibited from picking up any stray cats or dogs.
(1993 Code, § 50.048) (Ord. 92-10, passed 11-18-1992; Ord. 2003-08, passed 11-19-2003; Ord. 2006-07, passed 6-21-2006; Ord. 2022-01, passed 3-16-2022)