(A) Authority is hereby granted to Wilson and Edgecombe Counties to establish and maintain an animal control program, to employ animal control officers and other employees as shall be determined necessary and to appoint and compensate animal control officers and other employees in accordance with policies of the counties.
(B) The employees of the County Animal Control Program shall:
(1) Have the responsibility along with law enforcement agencies to enforce all laws of North Carolina and all ordinances of the counties pertaining to animals; and
(2) Enforce and carry out all laws of North Carolina and all ordinances of the counties pertaining to animal control.
(1988 Code, § 91.65)