A.
Each police officer and the Animal Control Officer
shall apprehend any dog running at large contrary to the provisions
of this chapter.
B.
The police officer or Animal Control Officer who apprehends
and impounds a dog shall keep record of each dog apprehended and impounded.
The record, as kept and maintained by the police officer and the Animal
Control Officer, shall include for each apprehended and impounded
the time, date, and place of apprehending and impounding, the breed,
if ascertainable, the color, the sex, the number and the state dog
tag, if any, and the date and time delivered to the Delaware SPCA.
C.
A compilation of the records setting forth the information
required shall be maintained at the office of the Town Clerk at the
Town Hall.
The Animal Control Officer shall post in Town
Hall and give notice to the owner, if ascertainable, by certified
mail, with return receipt requested, within 72 hours from the time
that the dog is apprehended and impounded. Such notice shall contain
the information required to be kept and maintained by the Town in
accordance with the preceding section.
Any dog found running at large contrary to the
provisions of this chapter may be delivered to the Board of Game and
Fish Commissioners of the State of Delaware or any agent thereof for
impounding and disposal under the rules and regulations adopted by
it.
Individuals who choose to apprehend a feral
cat running at large within the Town of Milton shall have the feral
cat delivered to the Delaware SPCA or, after proper spay or neutering,
the feral cat may be released back onto the property of capture.
No individual will trap a feral cat off their
property of record except the Cat Snippers of Milton pursuant to specific
authorization from Town Council.