[R.O. 1988 § 5-73; Ord. No. 2247 § 9, 1-5-1981; Ord. No. 3264 § 2, 9-8-1998]
In all instances in which a diseased or injured animal, whether domestic or wild, is suffering as a result of such disease or injury, and the owner thereof is unknown or the animal is a stray, such animal may be adopted, if deemed appropriate by a veterinarian, or shall be humanely destroyed.