§ 6-10. Diseased or vicious animals.

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(a)

Immediate threat to life or safety. Any police officer is hereby authorized and empowered to kill any animal which because of disease or viciousness constitutes an immediate threat to human life or safety and, in the case of dogs, cannot be safely taken up and impounded as provided for by law. No impounding or killing of any animal shall exempt the owner or keeper of such animal from the penalties provided by law. An immediate report of such killing shall be made to the city clerk.

(b)

Confiscation and disposition of dangerous dogs. The confiscation and disposition of any dangerous dog shall be as set forth by Minn. Stat. § 347.54, or any successor statute.

(Code 1999, § 5.3.16)

State law reference

Seizure of dogs, Minn. Stat. § 347.54.

                    
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