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16 <br /> Animal Control Ordinance <br /> or other applicable laws, shall be personally liable for any damage that may <br /> accrue to persons or property as a result of any act required or permitted in the <br /> discharge of such duty unless he or she acts with actual malice. <br /> (c) It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere with, hinder, or molest any <br /> Animal Control or police officer while in the performance of any duty <br /> authorized by this Ordinance, the Animal Gentfol n,.,,,.,.a or to seek to <br /> release any animal in the custody of said agents, except in the manner as <br /> herein provided. <br /> (d) Animal Control Officers, die Gentro'lOff eef, and Anima' Gf elty <br /> hwestigatefs are not authorized to carry on their person firearms of any kind <br /> except as provided herein. The Orange County Animal Control Program may <br /> store firearms at the Health Animal Services Department and use those <br /> firearms when necessary to enforce sections of this Chapter or under <br /> applicable law for the control of wild,vicious, or diseased animals. <br /> (1) Any Animal Control Officer or law enforcement officer, in ca . irry ng out <br /> their duties under this Chapter, shall make every effort to deal humanely <br /> with all animals. <br /> (2) An Animal Control Officer or law enforcement officer may inject an <br /> animal with a chemical tranquilizer which will result in limiting the <br /> activity of an animal, when in the officer's judgment any apt to seize <br /> the animal would be dangerous to the person attempting the seizure, the <br /> animal, or the public at large. <br /> (3) An Animal Control Officer or law enforcement officer may humanely put <br /> an animal to death, if in the judgment of the officer an attempt to otherwise <br /> seize or impound the animal would be dangerous to the officer or others. It <br /> is the intent of this subsection that the killing of an animal would be done <br /> only after,within the sole discretion of the officer, other reasonable <br /> procedures are judged impossible. <br /> (e) The Animal Control Program shall: <br /> (1) Have the responsibility along with law enforcement agencies and where <br /> applicable with animal control officers to enforce all laws of North <br /> Carolina and all ordinances of Orange County pertaining to animals and <br /> shall cooperate with all law enforcement officers within Orange County in <br /> fulfilling this duty. Animal Control Officers in the performance of their <br /> duties, shall have all the power, authority, and immunity granted under this <br /> Ordinance and by the general laws of this State to enforce the provisions of <br /> this Ordinance, and the laws of North Carolina as they relate to the care, <br /> treatment, control or impounding of animals. All investigations of reported <br /> DRAFTv.9 - 12/10/2015 Proposed Unified Animal Control Ordinance Page 12 <br />