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interfere with its vision or respiration, but shall prevent it from biting any human or animal. Siqns. The owner of a vicious dog shall display in a prominent place on his or her premises a clearly visible warning sign indicating that there is a vicious dog on the premises. A similar sign is required to be posted on the pen or kennel of the animal. (3) Doq Fiqhtinq. No person, firm, corporation, organization, or department shall possess or harbor or maintain care or custody of any dog for the purpose of dog fighting, or train, torment, badger, bait or use any dog for the purpose of causing or encouraging the dog to attack human beings or domestic animals. (4) Any person who owns an animal that has been declared vicious by the Director/Supervisor shall have the right to appeal this decision to the Sheriff of Cabarrus County. The owner of an animal declared vicious shall have the right to request a hearing about that decision by submitting a written request to the Sheriff within five (5) days after the Director's/Supervisor's determination that the animal is vicious. (5) Violation of the requirements of this ordinance by a dog declared "vicious" pursuant to the procedure set forth herein shall result in the immediate seizure of the vicious dog and may result in its humane destruction and the prosecution of its owner. (6) Section 12. Danqerous Animals. It shall be unlawful for any person to own or in any way maintain or harbor any animal which is dangerous as defined in Section 4 (#10). (i) If the Director/Supervisor has determined that an animal is dangerous, then the Director/Supervisor shall notify the owner immediately in writing, if the owner is known and after reasonable efforts to (otherwise) notify the owner (have failed). The owner shall turn the animal over to the Department immediately after such notification. The Director/Supervisor shall have the authority to seize immediately an animal deemed dangerous. The Director/ Supervisor shall have the discretion to dispose of an animal in one (1) of only two (2) specific ways: (2) By the humane destruction of the animal; or By giving the animal to an individual or an organization, subject to the protective and inspection conditions required by the Director/Supervisor for the well-being of the animal and for the protection of the public, for the purpose of preserving and taking care of the animal. An animal declared to be a dangerous animal by the Director/ Supervisor shall not be disposed of for research or experimental purposes.