Contra Costa County |
Ordinance Code |
Title 4. HEALTH AND SAFETY |
Division 416. ANIMALS |
Chapter 416-8. IMPOUNDMENT |
§ 416-8.008. Summary destruction.
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The animal services director may, without waiting for the holding periods to elapse, cause any impounded animal to be destroyed when such an animal is severely injured, or infected with a dangerous or communicable disease, and only after reasonable efforts under the circumstances have been made to apprise the owner of such animal, if such owner can be reasonably identified, of the condition of the animal.
(Ord. 80-97 § 2).