A. The governing authority shall provide a facility to be used as an animal shelter where animals may be adequately kept. They shall also provide care for such impounded animals.
B. The governing authority shall provide for the painless and humane destruction of dogs and other animals required to be destroyed by this chapter or by the laws of the state.
C. The governing authority may furnish, when necessary, medical treatment for such animals as may be impounded pursuant to this chapter. (1989 Code § 13-258; amd. 2007 Code)