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ANIMALS AND FOWL § 5-47 rightful owner. If the rightful owner of any dog confined may be readily identified, the operator or custodian of the pound shall make a reasonable effort to notify the owner of the dog's confinement within the next forty-eight (48) hours following its confinement. At the expiration of the holding period required for such identified dog, the dog may be delivered to any resident who proposes to adopt it as a pet and who will pay the required license fee, if any, and impoundmerit costs (see subsection (H) and comply with section 5-47.1 et seq regarding sterilization, or to any humane society or Commonwealth; however, no more than two (2) dogs or a family of dogs shall be delivered during any thirty-day period to any one such person. (g) NQ provision of this ordinance shall prohibit the destruction of a critically injured or critically ill animal for humane purposes or any ~nim al not weaned, whether or not the an~raal is critically injured or critically 'ill. Any animal destroyed under the provisions of this section shall be euthanized by one of the methods prescribed or approved by the state veterinarian. ~The city pound shall be accessible to the public during the week on a regular posted schedule, which shall be determined by the city manager. No provisionof this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the confinement of other companion animals in the city pound. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the immediate destruction or disposal by the methods listed in subdivisions (2) through (5) of subsection (e) of an animal that has been delivered voluntarily or released to a pound, animal shelter, animal control officer, or humane society by the animal's rightful owner after the rightful owner has, in writing, surrendered all property rights in such animal and has read and signed a statement (i) certifying that no other person has a right of property in the animal and (ii) acknowledging that the animal may be immediately euthanized or disposed of by the methods listed in subdivisions (2) through (5) of subsection (e). For purposes of this section, the term "rightful owner" shall mean a person with a right of property 'in the animal. For purposes of this section, "humane society," when referring to an organization without the Commonwealth, means any nonpr0fit organization organized for the purpose of preventing cruelty to animals and promoting humane care and treatment or adoption of animals. (h) A dog impounded under this ordinance shall be released to the owner within the first five (5) days or at any time thereafter that the dog is still confined in the dog pound, upon the owner showing proof of ownership, current vaccination certificate, and proper licensing of the dog, and upon payment of the cost of impoundment at the rate of thirty dollars ($30.00) for the first day, and an additional five dollars ($5.00) for each'day thereafter. (i) The animal control officer shall not give or sell or negotiate for the gift or sale to a pet shop, dealer, or research facility of any animal which may come into his custody in the course of carrying out his official assignments. (j) The animal control officer or any deputy animal control officer, upon tnkiug custody of any animal in the course of his official duties, shall immediately make a record of the description of the animal including color, breed, sex, and approximate weight, reason for seizure, time and location of seizure,. the owner's name and address, if known, all license or Supp. No. 36 329