Personnel operating under the supervision of the Animal Control Officer and/or Chief of Police shall take up and impound any animal found running at large in violation of this chapter of the code; provided, that if any animal so found is sick, injured or of a vicious nature, such personnel may humanely destroy such animal immediately.
If, in the attempt to seize any animal, it becomes impossible to secure it with the hands, such personnel, if convinced that the seizure of the animal is necessary to the public welfare and safety, may destroy it by shooting it, providing he is close enough to the animal to kill it humanely and so far removed from any bystander that no human life may be imperiled by the act (Ord. #818, 02/04/93).