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43 <br />Animal Control Ordinance <br />(b) Reclamation. A domesticated animal impounded under this Chapter may be reclaimed <br />by its owner or keeper according to procedures of Animal Goi;#Al Services. The owner <br />or keeper of an impounded domesticated animal shall be responsible for and shall pay <br />all 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 Goi;#Al Service procedures after five days of impoundment. Feral dogs and <br />cats may be held for 72 hours and then euthanized pursuant to Animal Shoho-, Services <br />procedures for humane euthanasia. The owner or keeper of an impounded <br />domesticated animal shall also comply with any vaccination and licensing directives <br />and be responsible for the payment to Orange County of all civil penalties and license <br />privilege taxes imposed or associated with the animal's impoundment as prescribed in <br />any citation or notice issued by the Animal Coi;#Rl Services Director. Animals who <br />have impounded in accordance with N.C. Gen. Stat. 130A -196, after having bitten a <br />person not reclaimed within 72 hours after the end of the quarantine period will be <br />considered abandoned and will become the property of the Orange County and <br />disposed of according to standard Animal Sheho-, 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 Coi;#Al 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. of6 -16 -1987, §XIII, eff. 1 -1 -88; Amend. of12 -2 -96, eff. 1 -1 -97) <br />See. 4 -44. - Handling of stray animals. <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, the Animal Shoahea <br />Services. <br />(a) Any animal at large may in a humane manner be seized, impounded, and confined in the <br />Animal Shelter and thereafter adopted out or disposed of pursuant to procedures of the <br />Animal Shp-&P, Services and applicable State law. <br />DRAFTv.5 - 9/25/2013 Page 21 <br />