(A) The Chief of Police, every police officer, and the Animal Control Officer shall have the authority to take into custody and impound or cause to be taken into custody and impounded, the following:
(1) Any dog or cat running at large in the Township;
(2) Any dog or cat off the premises of the owner or of the person keeping or harboring the dog or cat, which dog or cat the official or his agent or agents have reason to believe is a stray dog or cat;
(3) Any dog or cat off the premises of the owner or of the person keeping or harboring the dog or cat, which dog or cat is not controlled by a leash or chain as provided by this chapter;
(4) Any dog or cat with fierce, dangerous or vicious propensities or noticeably infected with rabies or bitten by a dog or cat suspected of having rabies;
(5) Any dog or cat off the premises of the owner or of the person keeping or harboring such dog or cat, without a current registration as provided in this chapter; and
(6) Any female dog or cat in season off the premises of the owner or of the person keeping or harboring such dog or cat which dog or cat is not controlled as provided in this chapter.
(B) Dogs and/or cats may be released from impoundment only after the impound facility verifies that such dog or cat has been licensed in accordance with this chapter and that all rabies shots required for the age and size of the dog or cat have been given and all required booster shots are current.
('74 Code, § 54-15) (Ord. 841-97, passed 10-13-97; Am. Ord. 26-00, passed 10-10-00)