§ 416-8.002. Impoundment required.

(a)

All dogs found at large in violation of the provisions of Division 14 of the Agricultural Code, or any provisions of Division 416 of this Ordinance Code, shall be taken up and impounded, and are subject to destruction by humane injection.

(b)

All animals, including dogs and cats, that are abandoned, found at large, taken into custody by the animal services director, or otherwise found to be in violation of Division 416 of the Ordinance Code, shall be taken up and impounded, and are subject to destruction by humane injection.

(c)

Any person taking up and/or holding a stray animal the owner of which is unknown or cannot be immediately contacted, shall notify the animal services department within twenty- four hours and, upon request, shall immediately surrender it for impounding. Any person participating in a rescue program authorized for such purposes by the animal services director is exempt from the surrender requirement.

(Ord. 80-97 § 2).