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-8- Sec. 3-47. Redemption. The owner or keeper of any dog, cow, horse, jack, jennet, sheep, goat or other like animal captured or impounded under the provisions of this article shall be permitted and allowed, to redeem, reclaim, and receive possession of any such animal within seventy-two (72) hours after impounding, upon payment to the city of the pound fee, as provided under this article, and in addition thereto, insofar as dogs are concerned, the payment of the registration fee as provided in section 3-27 if the particular dog has not been previously reg i s te red for the current year. Sec. 3-48. Disposition of unclaimed animals and feral dogs. (a) Should the owner or keeper of any impounded dog, cow, horse, jack, jennet, sheep, goat or other like animal fail to redeem same as provided under this article within the seventy-two (72) hours provided, then any such animal may be destroyed in a manner approved by the American Humane Society. At any time subsequent to expiration of the prescribed redemption period and prior to the destruction of any such animal under the provisions hereof, the city may sell any such animal so impounded to the first person tendering to the city the pound fees and license fees provided for in this chapter together with the sum of six dollars ($6.00). (b) After investigation by the animal control officer or his designee, should the animal control officer or his designee identify a feral dog which is running at large on pUblic or private property within the city limits and determine that impoundment of such dog cannot feasibly be made by the animal control officer or his designee, then the animal control officer or his designee is hereby authorized and empowered to make use of field euthanasia to destroy such dog. Sec. 3-49. Impoundment of dogs which have bitten, etc .. , persons. If any dog, whether vaccinated or not, shall have bitten, scratched or otherwise attacked any person, the owner of such dog, or any person having knowledge of the incident, shall immediately notify the health authority or, in his absence, the assistant health authority, and animal control off icer, and the dog shall be confined in the dog pound or at a veterinary hospital for a period of twenty-one (21) days at the expense of the owner or keeper of the dog. This time limit may be reduced only by the joint written approval of the health authority or, in his absence, the assistant health authority, and the city veterinarian, but in no instance shall it be less than ten (10) consecutive days, not including the day of impoundment. No dog held for observation shall be released without the written permission of the health authority or, in his abS!ence, the assistant health authority or his or their authorized representative(s). Any dog suffering from the bite of a rabid animal shall be quarantined in a veterinary hospital, the expense of the same to be paid by the owner or keeper of the dog, for a period of six (6) months. Under no circumstances shall the dog so quarantined be released to the owner or keeper nor will the dog be allowed to remain on the premises of the owner or keeper. It shall be the duty of all practicing veterinarians to report to the health authority all cases of rabies or suspected rabies which shall come to his attention.