It shall be the duty of the superintendent, and he is authorized and empowered to order the destruction by any employee of the animal center of any animal lawfully taken into the custody of the city which in the opinion of the superintendent is incapacitated by senility or which is infected with any dangerous or communicable disease, or which is in an incurable, crippled condition, or for which there is no immediate sale.
(Ord. 2669 § 16, 1972: prior code § 18.35)