If the identity of the person owning or having possession of a dog or cat running at large within the corporate limits of the town cannot be reasonably ascertained, the Police Department shall deliver the dog or cat to the proper county authority, and the dog or cat shall be impounded. Any dog or cat found running at large within the corporate limits of the town which presents a dangerous and immediate threat to the health, safety and welfare of the public in general and if the person owning or having possession of the dog or cat cannot be immediately notified, then in that event, the dog or cat shall be subject to impoundment by any available means or destruction by the Police Department.
(1977 Code, § 4-25)