The Animal Services Department shall be charged with the responsibility of:
(A) Enforcing in Vance County all federal, state or county laws, ordinances and resolutions relating to the care, treatment, custody and control of animals;
(B) Cooperating with the Health Director and assisting in the enforcement of the laws of the state with regard to animals, and especially with regard to vaccination of dogs against rabies and the confinement or leashing of vicious animals (without limiting the foregoing, reference is particularly made to the state laws as set out and contained in G.S. Chapter 67, Articles 1 and 2, §§ 106-364 to 106-387 and 153A-153);
(C) Investigating cruelty or animal abuse with regard to dogs, cats, equines and other animals; and
(D) Operating pursuant to policies of the Board of County Commissioners, the N.C. Animal Welfare Act, and the advice of the N.C. Department of Agriculture.
(Ord. 16, passed 3-2-2015; Am. Ord. passed 8-19-2020)