Any animal violating any provisions of this chapter may be impounded by the animal control authority.
If any animal named in this chapter is found at large upon the premises belonging to any person other than the animal’s owner, the owner or occupant of the premises may confine such animal in a humane manner until he can notify the animal control authority to impound such animal. When so notified, it shall be the duty of the animal control authority to have such animal impounded, as soon as possible, as herein provided.
(a) 
The period of impoundment shall be determined by the sheltering agency designated by the city council as the local rabies control authority.
(b) 
If the owner of an impounded animal does not claim the animal within the prescribed impoundment period, disposition of the animal will be made as provided below.
(c) 
Animal disposition may occur prior to expiration of the impoundment period in the following circumstances:
(1) 
If a nursing baby animal is impounded without its mother or where the mother is unable to provide adequate nutrition for the baby animals causing the baby animals to suffer, the animal control authority shall have immediate authority to transfer the baby animals to a nonprofit humane organization or to humanely euthanize the baby animals.
(2) 
If an impounded animal is suffering from injury or illness, the animal control authority shall have the authority to immediately transfer the animal to a nonprofit humane organization or animal welfare organization or to humanely euthanize the animal.
(3) 
If an animal cannot be moved from the location where it is found due to injury or illness, the animal control authority shall be authorized to dispose of the animal in the most expedient, humane manner possible to avoid prolonging its suffering.
(a) 
All impounded animals, including those released from quarantine, other than dangerous wild animals, shall be available for immediate redemption by the owner once the owner has presented the city with his/her photo identification and has paid all applicable fees.
(b) 
An impounded dangerous wild animal shall be available for immediate redemption by the owner or a person designated by the owner, if such owner or person holds a certificate of registration issued by an animal registration agency, as provided in section 822.103 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, after the owner pays all applicable fees and signs an agreement with the city to immediately transport the dangerous wild animal outside the city limits, not to keep the dangerous wild animal at any time within the city limits, and authorizing the city to humanely destroy the dangerous wild animal if it comes inside the city limits again.
Any animal that is not timely claimed by its owner may be adopted, transferred to a nonprofit humane organization, humanely euthanized, or sold, as determined by the animal control authority.
Any dangerous wild animal may be immediately, humanely disposed of as deemed appropriate by the animal control authority if the dangerous wild animal cannot be safely impounded.
Any nursing baby animal impounded without the mother or where the mother cannot or refuses to provide adequate nutrition and the baby animal is suffering may be immediately euthanized or given to a nonprofit humane organization for the purpose of veterinary care, as determined by the animal control authority.
An owner who no longer wishes responsibility for an animal may sign a written waiver supplied by the animal control authority allowing the animal to be immediately euthanized in a humane manner, adopted, sold, or care and custody may be transferred to a nonprofit animal welfare organization approved by the animal control authority.
Any impounded animal that appears to be suffering from injury or illness may be immediately euthanized in a humane manner or care and custody may be transferred to a nonprofit animal welfare organization, approved by the animal control authority, for the purpose of veterinary medical care, as determined by the animal control authority.