All injured dogs and cats found without their owners in a public place shall be taken to a veterinarian known by the division to be a veterinarian that ordinarily treats dogs and cats for a determination of whether the animal shall be immediately and humanely destroyed or shall be hospitalized and given emergency stabilizing treatment. (Ord. 2764 § 1 (part), 1996: Ord. 2474 § 1 (part), 1990)