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M-1 <br />Animal Control Ordinance <br />animal may be redeemed. If unable to give notice by telephone, an official, dated, <br />written notice shall be mailed to the registered owner by certified mail, return receipt <br />requested, giving notice of the impoundment and the conditions whereby the animal <br />may be redeemed. <br />(b) Reclamation. A domesticated animal impounded under this Chapter may be reclaimed <br />by its owner or keeper according to procedures of Animal Services. The owner or <br />keeper of an impounded domesticated animal shall be responsible for and shall pay all <br />expenses, boarding costs, redemption privilege taxes and costs associated with such <br />impoundment prior to reclaiming the animal. Unless reclaimed, the impounded <br />domesticated animal may be allowed to be adopted or humanely euthanized according <br />to Animal Service procedures after five days of impoundment. Feral dogs and cats may <br />be held for 72 hours and then euthanized pursuant to Animal Services procedures for <br />humane euthanasia. The owner or keeper of an impounded domesticated animal shall <br />also comply with any vaccination and licensing directives and be responsible for the <br />payment to Orange County of all civil penalties and license privilege taxes imposed or <br />associated with the animal's impoundment as prescribed in any citation or notice issued <br />by the Animal Services Director. Animals who have impounded in accordance with <br />N.C. Gen. Stat. 130A -196, after having bitten a person not reclaimed within 72 hours <br />after the end of the quarantine period will be considered abandoned and will become <br />the property of the Orange County and disposed of according to standard Animal <br />Services procedures. <br />(c) Release to Owner. An owner or an impounded animal may reclaim the animal after it <br />has been impounded, upon compliance with this Section and in accordance with <br />requirements set forth by the Animal Services Director. Nothing in this Chapter shall <br />require the Animal Services Director to release an animal that has been impounded <br />who is need of protection because of cruel treatment. <br />(d) Diseased or injured animals. Severely diseased or badly injured animals may be <br />euthanized in a humane manner, if authorized by a licensed veterinarian, without <br />waiting the required redemption or adoption period. <br />(e) Confinement Order. In lieu of impoundment, the Animal del Services Director is <br />authorized to issue a Confinement Order to the animal owner or keeper that would <br />require the owner or keeper to confine a vicious animal or an animal otherwise <br />violating provisions of the Ordinance. Failure to thus confine the animal would <br />constitute a further violation of the Ordinance, subjecting the owner to appropriate <br />criminal or civil penalties. <br />(Ord. of 6 -16 -1987, § XIII, eff. 1 -1 -88; Amend. of 12 -2 -96, eff. 1 -1 -97) <br />It shall be unlawful for any person, without the consent of the Owner or Keeper, <br />knowingly and intentionally to harbor, feed, keep in possession by confinement or otherwise <br />any animal that does not belong to him, unless he has, within 72 hours from the time such <br />animal came into his possession, notified Animal Services. <br />DRAFT 2 #, OA . #/ 09 - 5/ 30/ 2013 00 R. ❑❑ <br />