(A) Any animal discovered injured or dead on a public way of this village shall be impounded or picked up by an animal control officer.
(B) Seriously injured animals that are wearing village identification tags will be taken to a doctor of veterinary medicine, who shall contact the owner for treatment instructions and who shall maintain the animal, painlessly, if possible, until instructions are received. The owner or keeper shall be responsible for the costs of impoundment and treatment.
(C) Seriously injured animals which do not bear village identification tags shall be impounded and authorized forthwith by a doctor of veterinary medicine to avoid unnecessary suffering to the animal.
(D) Injured animals wearing village identification tags shall be released to the pound within 48 hours if the owner cannot be contacted and treatment is completed, or if the animal requires treatment beyond the minimization of suffering or pain, such treatment to be provided at the owner’s or keeper’s expense.
(E) No animal will be released by a veterinarian from impoundment to the owner or keeper following treatment of an injury until a release is received from the village showing payment of impoundment fees.
(1999 Code, § 90.12)