<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 4-21. - Destruction or adoption of unredeemed animal; generally.</div>
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               (a)
               
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               If an impounded animal is not redeemed by the owner or keeper within the period prescribed
               in<a href="" data-chunk-id="PTIICOOR_CH4AN_ARTIINGE_S4-20REOWKEGE" class="section-link" data-product-id="15271"> section 4-20</a>, it may be destroyed in a humane manner or shall become the property of the animal
               shelter and offered for adoption to a responsible adult who is willing to comply with
               this article and with policies promulgated by the board of commissioners.
               
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               (b)
               
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               No animal which has been impounded by reason of its being a stray, unclaimed by its
               owner or keeper, shall be allowed to be adopted from the animal shelter during a period
               of emergency rabies quarantine invoked pursuant to this article, except by special
               authorization of the health director.
               
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               (Ord. No. 1988-1, Â§ XXI, 1-13-1988; Ord. No. 1989-3, Â§ XXI, 10-2-1989)
               
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