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86 <br /> Animal Control Ordinance <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 /> Sec. 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, notified Animal Services. <br /> DRAFT 2#, OA . #/ 09-4/ 1/2014 00 R. ❑❑ <br />