(A) The animal control officer may enter upon the premises where any animal is kept in a reportedly cruel or inhumane manner and demand to examine such animal and to take possession of such animal if there is probable cause to believe the same has been treated inhumanely.
(B) The animal control officer is hereby authorized and empowered to enter upon any enclosure or lot within the city limits, in quest of any animal suspected of being affected by rabies and to apprehend any animal which has been observed to be running at large.
(Prior Code, § 5-10)