§ 7-52. Destruction of impounded animal.

The director of animal control shall not destroy, or cause or permit to be destroyed any animal impounded until the expiration of impounding time limit of three working days or five working days if the animal is found with tags which identify its owner, except that the director of animal control may, when an animal so impounded has been examined by a licensed veterinarian and found by such veterinarian to be suffering from an injury or disease from which recovery in the veterinarian's judgment is doubtful, destroy such animal in a humane manner.

(Code 1988, § 7-42; Ord. No. O-22-03, § 1, 6-5-2003)

State law reference

Euthanizing animals, K.S.A. 47-1710, 47-1718.