Animal control officer's duties for stray animals

It shall be, the duty of each poundkeeper to receive and impound any and all stray animals found by any person upon the public streets or highways or other public places in the county, and each poundkeeper shall be responsible to take and drive or transport such stray animals from the place where they shall be found to the public pound, and to keep the same until reclaimed by the owner or other person entitled thereof, or disposed of in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, or as provided by law. Each poundkeeper shall, upon the impounding of any such animals, record in a book to be kept for such purpose a detailed description of each of such animals, the date and time when the same was taken up and impounded, and the name and address of the person, if any, who shall have delivered such animal or animals to be impounded. The poundkeeper shall, as soon after the impounding of any such animals as may be practicable, give notice of such fact to the owner of or any other person entitled to such animals, if such owner or person in known to the poundkeeper. If the ownership of such animals is unknown to the poundkeeper, then, unless otherwise provided by law, the poundkeeper shall within twenty-four hours after such animals have been impounded post in at least two conspicuous places within the judicial district where the straps were found, a written notice describing therein in sufficient detail the animals being impounded, and informing the owner or owners or any other person entitled thereto that unless such animals are reclaimed from the poundkeeper within a certain date and time to be specified therein, such animals will be sold at public auction. If the ownership of the animal is unknown to the poundkeeper, such animal shall not be sold at public auction until such written notice shall have been posted for at least five days. (Prior code § 22-16.3)