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Sec. 4. Records to be kept~imal Control Department. i It shall be the duty of the Animal Control Department to keep,I or cause to be kept, accurate and detailed records of: (1) Impoundment and disposition of all animals coming into the animal shelter or shelters. (2) Bite cases, violations and complaints, and investigation of same. (3) Ail monies belonging to the county which were derived from impoundment fees, penalties and license tags,?nd sales of animals. (4) Ail other records deemed necessary by the County Manager. ~ROPOSED * Sec 4. Records to be kept by Animal Control Department~ CHANGE * It shall be the duty of the Animal Control Department to keep, or cause to #2 * be kept, accurate and detailed records for three years of: · (1) Impoundment and disposition of all animals coming into the animal · shelter or shelters. · (2) Bite cases, violations and complaints, and investigation of same. · (3) All monies belonging to the county which were derived from impoundment · fees, penalties and license tags, and sales of animals. · (4) All other records deemed necessary by the County Manager. Sec. 5. Cruelty to animals. It shall be unlawful for any person to molest, torture, torment, deprive of necessary sustenance, cruelly beat,'needlessly mutilate or kill, wound, injure, poison, abandon or subject to conditions detrimental to its health or general welfare any animal, or to cause or procure such action. The words "torture" and "torment" shall be held to include every act, omission or neglect whereby ~njnstifiable physical pain, suffering or death is caused or permitted; but such terms shall not be construed to prohibit lawful shooting of birds, deer and other game for hnman food; nor to prohibit the Animal Control Department or its agents or veterinarians from destroying dangerous, unwanted or injured animals in a humane manner; nor to prohibit the lawful use of animals in scientific research. Sec. 6. Confinement, muzzling and control of vicious or danseroas animals. It shall be unlawful for any owner to keep aey vicious, fierce or dangeroas animal within the county, unless it is confined within a secure building or enclosure, or unless it is securely muzzled and under restraint by a competent person who, by means of a leash, chain or rope, has such animal firmly under control at all times. A vicious animal is defined as one that has made an u~provoked attack on a human or that attacks farm stock and other pets. Sec. 7. Animals creatin~ nuisance prohibited from runnin8 at larse. it shall be unlawful for the owner, keeper or ~arborer of any dog to permit such dog to run at large on aoy p~blic road, street, or highway or spon the land o~ any other person without the consent of that person.