<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 11-36. - Disposal of dead animals.</div>
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               To provide for the safe disposal of the bodies of dead animals, one of the following
               procedures shall be followed by animal owners in the county for disposal of dead animals:
               
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                  (1)
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                  Transport to the NCDA diagnostic lab. If the cause of death cannot be determined locally,
                  the bodies of dead animals should be taken to the animal disease diagnostic lab. The
                  bodies of large animals should be taken to a diagnostic lab, and the bodies of small
                  animals can be accommodated at the Shelby lab.
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                  (2)
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                  Burial on the animal owner's property. If the cause of death can be determined by
                  the owner of the animal or a local veterinarian, then the body of the animal should
                  be buried on the land of the animal owner.
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                  (3)
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                  Disposal by a commercial processing firm.
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                  (4)
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                  Transport to the county landfill. If an animal owner does not have the equipment necessary
                  to bury the body of an animal, then the body of the animal can be disposed of at the
                  county landfill. The bodies of all animals disposed of at the landfill must be disposed
                  of according to instructions from the employees of the landfill and at such locations
                  as from time to time determined by the employees of the landfill.
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                  (5)
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                  A violation of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor.
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               (Ord. No. 89-02, Â§ 8, 6-5-89; Ord. of 1-20-22(1); Ord. of 6-21-22(1), Â§ )
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            <p class="refcross0" block_type="hang"><b>Cross referenceâ€” </b>
               Animals, <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH3AN" class="section-link" data-product-id="12207">Ch. 3</a>.
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