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keeper that would require the owner or keeper to confine a vi- <br />cious animal or an animal otherwise violating provisions of the <br />ordinance. Failure to thus confine the animal would constitute a <br />further violation of the ordinance, subjecting the owner to ap- <br />propriate criminal or civil penalties. <br />XIV <br />Section TR�_] - Handling of Stray Animals. It shall be <br />unlawful for any person, without the consent of the owner or <br />keeper, knowingly and intentionally to harbor, feed, keep in pos- <br />session by confinement or otherwise any animal that does not <br />belong to him, unless he has, within seventy-two (72) hours from <br />the time such animal came into his possession, notified an Animal <br />Control Officer or the Animal- Shelter. <br />A. Any animal at large may in a humane manner be seized, <br />impounded, and confined in the Animal Shelter and thereafter <br />adopted out or disposed of pursuant to procedures of the Animal <br />Shelter and applicable State law. <br />B. Impoundment of such an animal shall not relieve the <br />owner or keeper thereof from any penalty which may be imposed for <br />violation of this ordinance. <br />C. Any animal seized and impounded that is badly wounded <br />or diseased and has no identification, may be destroyed pursuant <br />to procedures of the Animal Shelter. If the animal has rabies or <br />is suspected of having rabies, the body shall be disposed of in <br />accordance with applicable state regulations. If the animal has <br />20 <br />