Any dog or cat found running at large, or any dog or cat to which a current license is not attached, shall be impounded by the Police Department or Animal Warden. Any dog or cat which cannot be impounded without danger to the Police Department or Animal Warden, or which is vicious, dangerous, or ferocious, or is sick with or likely to communicate rabies or other contagious diseases, may be destroyed forthwith by the Police Department or Animal Warden after reasonable efforts to impound the dog or cat unharmed have failed. Dogs or cats taken by the Police Department or Animal Warden shall be impounded in a shelter or veterinary hospital designated by the Police Board as an official shelter.
('71 Code, Ch. 3 § 2-2) (Ord. 272, passed 1-2-69; Am. Ord. 891, passed 6-6-84; Am. Ord. 996-87, passed 5-20-87)