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Animal Control Ordinance <br />DRAFTv.3 - 8/15/2013 Page 10 <br /> <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 /> <br />(1) Any Animal Control Officer or law enforcement officer, in carrying out <br />their duties under this Chapter, shall make every effort to deal humanely <br />with all animals. <br /> <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 attempt to seize <br />the animal would be dangerous to the person attempting the seizure, the <br />animal, or the public at large. <br /> <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 . <br />It is the intent of this subsection that the killing of an animal would be <br />done only after, within the sole discretion of the officer, other reasonable <br />procedures are judged impossible. <br /> <br />(e) The Animal Control Program shall: <br /> <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 />or observed animal cruelty or animal abuse shall be the responsibility of <br />and shall be carried out by the Animal Control Officers[AM6]. <br /> <br />(2) Enforce and carry out all laws of North Carolina and all ordinances of <br />Orange County pertaining to rabies control. <br /> <br />(3) Be responsible for the investigation of all reported animal bites, for the <br />quarantine of any dog or cat exposed to or suspected of having rabies, for a <br />period of not less than ten days, and for reporting to the Health Director as <br />soon as practicable the occurrence of any such animal bite and the <br />condition of any quarantined animal. <br />