All dead animals shall be immediately removed by the owner of such animals, and if the owner of such animals cannot be found within two hours after discovering the same, then such animal shall be removed and buried by and at the expense of the city. Dead animals shall not be buried within the corporate limits of the city nor in or above the course of the groundwater which is used for drinking purposes by the city or its inhabitants.
(Prior Code, § 4-209) Penalty, see § 10.99