<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 6-159. - Disposal of dead animals.</div>
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               (a)
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               <span class="ital">Domesticated animals.</span> Any person who owns or possesses any domesticated animal that has died shall comply
               with the requirements of G.S. 106-403 regarding the burial or removal of an animal
               carcass. When the owner of a dead domesticated animal is unknown, it shall be the
               responsibility of the property owner to dispose of the animal.
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               (b)
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               <span class="ital">Wildlife.</span> It shall be the responsibility of the property owner to dispose of dead wildlife,
               unless a human or domestic animal has been in contact with the wild animal and that
               wild animal is a potential rabies carrier, at which time the individual must notify
               the animal services division.
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               (c)
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               <span class="ital">Dead animals in right-of-way.</span> Nothing in this section shall affect the department of transportation's responsibility
               to pick up dead animals that lie on the right-of-way.
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               (Ord. of 8-17-2009; Ord. No. 2014-04, 6-16-2014; Ord. No. 2023-02, 3-6-2023)
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