BCAC: The Facts                  Wags ‘N Whiskers 2023-2024 News

 

SUNDAY & MONDAY: CLOSED

TUESDAY - FRIDAY: 10:00AM - 6:00PM, Closed from: 12:30pm – 1:00pm

SATURDAY: 9:00AM - 2:30PM

*Shelter is closed on all major holidays*

 

Patrol hours do not vary, a BCAC Officer is on duty 24/7.

In case of an emergency, please contact Berrien County Dispatch. (269) 983-3060

 

 

 

BCAC will only respond to service requests regarding threats to public safety. Many wild animals have adapted to live comfortably in an urban environment. It is not unusual to see raccoons, skunks, squirrels, and other wildlife in residential areas.

 

Please direct all wildlife concerns to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) at 800.292.7800 or visit their website at michigandnr.com. Otherwise, please contact your local pest control company.

 

Helping Wild Babies Survive

 

Animal Control Law in our Community

Why Was Your Pet ImpoundedFOIA Requests

MI Cruelty Statute

Benefits of Early Spay/Neuter
Common Pet Poisons
Why Dogs Bite

*If your pet is missing, you can log into your account,  select the “report as lost” button and follow the instructions on the screen.*

 

If you need assistance with your account, please contact:
Berrien County Animal Control 269-927-5648

 

 

 

          

 

 

FIRST TIME USERS 

To obtain your Setup Code:

1.    Click Login and select Create Account.

2.     Follow the prompts.

If you have questions contact our office at 269-927-5648. 

(There is a $ 4.00 service fee for online purchases)

 

RETURNING USERS

Select Login to use your email address and password to log into your existing account. 

Once you have successfully completed the online license purchase or renewal, approved applicants will receive their license tag and paperwork in the mail.

Licensing Fees
Berrien County Only	Non-Delinquent	Delinquent – 30+ days after vaccination date
Non-sterilized dogs	$25 One YR/ $70 Three YR	$45 One YR/ $90 Three YR
Sterilized dogs	$10 One YR/ $25 Three YR	$30 One YR/ $45 Three YR
Certified service dog (documentation required)	Free
Replacement of Lost Tag	$5.00

  

Changes to Berrien County Dog Licenses

Effective December 1, 2022

Michigan Law requires all dogs 4 months and older to be licensed. Also, all newly acquired dogs must be licensed within 30 days. You must be a resident of Berrien County to purchase a dog license in Berrien County.

In 2023 licensing will change from a calendar year renewal to a renewal date based on your pet’s rabies vaccination date.  All 2022 one year licenses will be given amnesty until the rabies vaccination date of the dog in 2023. In the case of three year licenses, they will come due at the same time that the 3 year rabies vaccination will be due. 

For example, if a dog received a 1-year vaccination in May of 2022, the current 1-year 2022 dog license will not expire until May 31, 2023. If the dog has a current 3-year license that was issued for 2021 or 2022 the license will be due when the corresponding vaccination is due. If a dog receives a 3-year rabies vaccine and the dog owner chooses to purchase a 1-year dog license, the license will be due each year on the anniversary of the vaccine.

 

The dog license will be deemed delinquent and subject to $20.00 delinquent fee 30 days after vaccination/anniversary date.

 

Dog owner’s needing to renew their dog’s license will receive a pre-printed application by mail thirty days before the next rabies vaccination month. Pre-printed applications are NOT required to purchase a license. Failure to receive the renewal notice does not waive the delinquent fee.

 

In order to qualify for a fee-free service dog license, your dog must perform specific work or tasks for you according to the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42, USC 12101 et seq. Therapy dogs or emotional support dogs do not qualify as a service dog. Service dogs can only be licensed for 1 year at a time without a fee. If you are denied your request, you will be required to pay the regular license fees.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You must provide proof of ownership in order to claim your pet. Photos are not acceptable proof of ownership.

 

Acceptable proof of ownership includes:

·         Dog License Registered to You

·         Microchip Registered to You

·         Collar with Tags / ID to You

·         Veterinary Records

·         Proof of Purchase or Adoption

 

 

If your pet is missing, you can log into your account, select the “report as lost” button and follow the instructions on the screen.

Do these things right away:

 

1.    Search the Petco Love Lost national lost and found database and Register your pet at www.petcolovelost.org. Pets that are brought into one of our shelters by a Good Samaritan are automatically uploaded as FOUND pets into Petco Love Lost. 

2.    Post your pet on social platforms, including your local lost and found pets Facebook group, NextDoor, Craigslist, and Pawboost. These are just a few of the Facebook lost and found pets groups in our area. Be safe. Do no include your personal information.

 

 

3.    Search the area where your pet was lost. Create LOST PET signs and hang them as you walk around the neighborhood. 

 

 

What else should I do? 

 

• Ask friends, family, and neighbors to help you search the radium within a mile of your home. 80% of lost pets are found within a mile of where they live so your pet probably has not gone far! 

 

• Visit our animal shelter(s): Please contact our office at 269-927-5648. You are also welcome to visit the shelter at 1400 S. Euclid Ave, Benton Harbor, MI 49022. Contact other nearby humane societies, and/or animal control agencies daily to look for your pet and monitor found pet listings daily.

 

 

Don’t wait! Do these things right away:

 

1.    Search the LOST listings on Petco Love Lost, the national lost and found database and Register the found pet on Petco Love Lost. 

 

 

2.    Check to see if the pet has a microchip by taking the pet to any veterinary office or the shelter. 

 

 

3.    Walk or drive around the area where you found the pet. Create FOUND pet signs you can hang in the area. 

 

 

4.    Post the dog on social media platforms including your local Lost and Found Facebook page, Craigslist, Nextdoor, your own social media channels, and Pawboost. Be safe. Do no include your personal information.

 

If you have held the pet and not been able to find the owner, or if you are unable to hold the pet, you can bring the pet to the shelter during business hours.

 

If you find a pet after business hours and the animal is sick, injured, or posing a threat to public safety, please call 911 and a police dispatcher will assist.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Before you adopt, careful consideration must be given to the responsibilities of pet ownership.

 

The Animal Shelter adopts dogs, cats, puppies, kittens and other small pets to the general public.

 

All adopted animals are required to be spayed or neutered pursuant to Michigan law. Individuals must sign a spay/neuter contract at the time of adoption which entitles them to spay/neuter within a month of new ownership.

 

Adopters must obey all state and county laws pertaining to animals.

 

A copy of the BCAC laws is provided to anyone making the request for this information.

 

 

 

 

Payment methods are cash, check or credit.

Dog Unaltered: $75 with a $50 refund once animal is sterilized.

Dog Altered: $75

Cat Unaltered: $30

Cat Altered: $20

 

 

 

 

This policy will be strictly enforced to ensure that all animals adopted through the Berrien County Animal Shelter will be treated humanely and placed in home with responsible pet owners only.

 

Persons seeking to adopt an animal through the Berrien County Animal Shelter may be required to complete a pre-adoption questionnaire.

 

No adoptable animal has a guaranteed holding time.

 

Information regarding the adopter of any animal from the BCAC is regarded as confidential and will not be released without a court order.

 

ADOPTERS AGREE:

 

·         To comply with designated dates for rabies inoculations and county animal licensure.

 

·         To have the new pet examined by a licensed veterinarian within three (3) days of its' adoption to ensure its' present and future health.

 

·         To provide proper food, proper water and proper shelter (when pet is outdoors).

 

·         To provide proper shade and hydration in the summer months.

 

·         To keep the pet as their own. If you can no longer keep the pet, you should contact the Berrien County Animal Shelter.

 

·         To keep the pet well groomed and make every effort to keep it free of parasites.

 

·         That currently owned animals are licensed and be up to date on required inoculations.

 

In addition, all adopted dogs must wear collars with identification tags, rabies and license tags.

·         If the animal is lost, a tag is the best way to reunite the animal with its' owner.

·         We recommend microchipping as a permanent identification.

·         A fenced yard is ideal for all dogs.

·         This protects the dog from roaming and owners from liability that their loose animal can cause.

·         Dogs should never be left unattended in a yard. Chaining, except for brief periods, is not recommended.

·         Dogs will not be placed in homes where they will be allowed to run at large.

 

Berrien County Animal Control reserves the right to deny any adoption based on previous Animal Control records and/or a Pre-adoption questionnaire.

 

If an adopted animal dies, then the owner must notify Animal Control in a timely manner.

 

All adopters are given a copy of the condensed animal control laws of Berrien County will be provided to County residents.

 

The following policy has been implemented in regards to persons who are ineligible to adopt animals from the shelter:

 

·         Any person who has been found guilty of abandonment or cruelty to animals.

 

·         Any person who has turned over custody of an animal to the Berrien County Animal Shelter may be ineligible to adopt animals from the shelter.

 

·         Any person, who in the opinion of a licensed Veterinarian, has cruelly treated, abused or neglected an animal.

 

·         Any person with a past history of animal control problems/complaints/violations.

 

·         Any person under the age of 18, unless accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.

 

·         Any person not owning their residence may be required to provide proof, in writing from the landlord that they have permission to have animal on the property.

 

·         No animal will be adopted as a gift for another person.

 

·         Any person violating the spay/neuter contract.

 

 

·         Each kennel will display a card with all pertinent information completed and show the date the animal is available for adoption.

 

·         Adoptable animals will be identified as "For Adoption".

 

·         All adoptable animals are offered on a first come, first serve basis.

o   Individuals traveling in excess of 40 miles may contact the shelter to make arrangements to hold a pet to ensure it will be here upon arrival.

 

·         The specified adoption fee must be paid at the time of adoption.

 

·         Placement options for your pet will be discussed with you.

 

·         The adoption of very small dogs or potentially aggressive dogs will be discouraged to homes with young children.

 

 

·         Animals that have exhibited vicious tendencies will not be available for adoption.

 

·         Wolf Hybrids and wild animals will not be offered for adoption.

 

·         When identified as pregnant, these animals are not normally identified as for adoption.

o   Individuals wishing to adopt pregnant animals will be required to seek immediate spay of the animal at the adopter's expense.

 

 

 

Stray animals have a holding time. If not claimed by an owner at the end of that time, the animal shall be deemed abandoned and become the property of the Berrien County Animal Shelter.

The stray animal will then either be offered for adoption or humanely euthanized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMPORTANT

Remember to bring your spay / neuter contract to your pet’s appointment.

 

Most, but not all, Veterinarians participate in the deposit program. Simply bring your full receipt with proof of spay/neuter and the Spay/Neuter contract back to Berrien County Animal Control to be reimbursed.

 

 

Baroda Berrien Veterinary Services 9719 Hills Rd Baroda, MI 49101 269-422-1176   Benton Harbor Nickerson Animal Health Center 921 Nickerson Ave Benton Harbor, MI 49022 269-925-8835   Berrien Springs Two by Two Animal Hospital 7657 M-139 Berrien Springs, MI 49103 269-471-7042   Bridgman Ani-Med Animal Health Center 9781 Red Arrow Highway Birdgman, MI 49103 269-465-5985   Coloma Arrow Pet Clinic 6920 E. Red Arrow Hwy Coloma, MI 49038 269-468-6017   Wil-O-Paw 4809 Paw Paw Lake Road Coloma, MI 49038 269-468-7297   Dowagiac Dowagiac Animal Hospital 54791 N. M-51 Dowagiac, MI 49047 269-782-8691   Hartford Hartford Animal Hospital 62365 E. Red Arrow Hwy Hartford, MI 49057 269-621-4419	New Buffalo New Buffalo Animal Hospital 600 W. Buffalo St New Buffalo, MI 49117 269-469-5400   Niles River Valley Equine Clinic 315 Bell Road Niles, MI 49120 269-684-4269   Town & County Veterinary Clinic 3127 N. 5th St Niles, MI 49117 269-684-2840   St. Joseph St. Joseph Animal Wellness 2610 N. Trail Lane St. Joseph, MI 49085 269-429-6966   Sunset Coast Veterinary Clinic 4091 M-139 St. Joseph, MI 49085 269-408-0468   Stevensville Freeway Veterinary Clinic 5200 Red Arrow Hwy Stevensville, MI 49127 269-429-4091   Lakeshore Animal Health Care 1621 W. John Beers Rd Stevensville, MI 49127 269-429-3007   Three Oaks Dr. J. Lee White, DVM 11 Butternut St 269-756-3951	Low Cost Spay/Neuter ABC 4525 S/ Burnett Dr South Bend, IN 46614 574-291-7729   Spay Neuter Express (travels to St. Joe and Benton Harbor) 11610 Fulton St E Lowell, MI 49331 (616) 897-8865   Kalamazoo Humane Society 4239 S Westnedge Ave Kalamazoo, MI 49008 (269) 345-1181

 

DONATIONS ARE ALWAYS NEEDED AND APPRECIATED

 

Cash donations are used for spay and neuter, medical supplies and care, and general support of the animals.

 

If you would like to donate in honor of a special person or choose how your donation is used, please complete the donation form. Contact our office if you would like to make a lasting gift by including BCAC in your will.

 

Please make checks payable to "County of Berrien" and mail to or drop off at:

 

Berrien County Animal Control

1400 S. Euclid Avenue

Benton Harbor, MI 49085

 

Material donations are used to care for the animals staying at the shelter. You can shop from home using our Amazon Wishlist, or see the list below to shop from a retailer of your choice.

 

 

 

 

 

Spend Time with our furry friends!

Volunteering is great way to support your community! Volunteers need to be 18 years or older to volunteer alone. All volunteers under 18 must have a parent or guardian present.

We welcome any age to volunteer at our shelter; anyone can help out! We do ask volunteers that are under the age of 18, are accompanied by a parent or guardian.

We are happy to accommodate schools groups, work groups, or other groups.

 

Often we receive requests for mandated volunteer hours required for school, work, or the court system.

 

 

DOG WALKING:

We are always looking for consistent volunteers to walk and play with our dogs. We occasionally have the need for volunteers to walk dogs with specific needs that will require additional training. You will never be expected to handle animals that you are not comfortable with. We have a color grading system that corresponds to the level of difficulty a dog may be to handle or walk. 

CAT SOCIALIZING:

Throughout the day we allow several cats at a time to roam the cat room. We need gentle and patient individuals who will cuddle and play with them so they can get use to people.

OFFICE AND ADOPTION SUPPORT:

We often need help in the afternoons with administrative tasks, helping the public get animals in and out of their kennels, and working with the public to find the right animal fit for their home. These volunteers will need to be willing to handle our adoptable pets and feel comfortable answering questions from the public.

EVENT SUPPORT:

With another adoption event always around the corner, we need people willing to set up, attend, and tear down event equipment. These events can be inside or outside and usually have a large turnout. Typically we bring available animals for adoption and may need volunteers to help answer questions or handle the animals.

If any of these options sound like something you may be interested in, we would like to invite you to complete the Volunteer Application.

 

If you have any questions please feel free to call the office at (269)927-5648.  

 

We LOOK forward to meeting you!

 

 

 

 

The date of our next vaccine clinic is to be determined. Follow us on Facebook for updates or check back in later.

 

LICENSES:
                                       

1 Year Altered: $10.00
1 Year Unaltered: $25.00  

3 Year Altered: $25.00
3 Year Unaltered: $70.00

VACCINES:

1 Year Rabies: $20.00
3 Year Rabies: $25.00
Distemper: $25.00

MICROCHIPS:

$25.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Berrien, Michigan

 

AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO AND PROVIDING FOR ANIMAL CONTROL WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF BERRIEN COUNTY; PURPOSE OF ORDINANCE: DEFINITIONS: COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER, HIS DUTIES, AUTHORITY, RESPONSIBILITIES AND REMOVAL FROM OFFICE; LICENSING AND VACCINATION OF DOGS; CONFINEMENT OF DOGS (AND OTHER ANIMALS) UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER AND IMPOUNDMENT OF DOGS (AND OTHER ANIMALS) AND REDEMPTION OF DOGS (AND OTHER ANIMALS) IMPOUNDED; KILLING AND SEIZING OF DOGS (AND OTHER ANIMALS); USE OF FIREARMS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, PROHIBITION OF WILD ANIMALS, ENUMERATION OF CERTAIN VIOLATIONS AND PROCEDURE THEREFORE; PENALTIES; PRESERVATION OF CERTAIN RIGHTS; COUNTY TREASURER’S DUTIES AND RECORDS; FEES AND EXPENSES; RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS OF FUNDS; CONSTRUCTION; REPEAL.

 

 

ARTICLE 1

PURPOSE

 

            Deeming it advisable in the interest of protecting the public health, safety, convenience and welfare and to provide for the orderly and uniform administration of the dog licensing provisions of the State of Michigan and in particular Act 339 of the Public Acts of 1919, as amended, being Sections 287.261 – 287.293 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, (MSA Sections 12.511 – 12.543), and to create the position of Animal Control Officer and define his duties, authority and responsibilities, and to regulate and control the conduct, keeping and care of dogs and certain other animals, livestock and poultry: the County of Berrien, Michigan does hereby adopt the following Ordinance:

 

 

ARTICLE II

DEFINITIONS

 

            For the purpose of this Ordinance, the following terms shall have the following meanings respectively designated for each:

 

(a)    “ANIMALS” Unless otherwise stated, the word “Animal” as used in this Ordinance shall include birds, fish, mammals and reptiles.

(b)   “LIVESTOCK” means horses, stallions, colts, geldings, mares, sheep, rams, lambs, bulls, bullocks, steers, heifers, cows, calves, mules, jacks, jennets, burros, goats, kids, hogs, swine, and fur being animals being raised in captivity.

(c)    “POULTRY” means all domestic fowl, ornamental birds, and game birds possessed or being reared under authority of a breeder’s license pursuant to Act 191 of the Public Acts of 1929, as amended, being Section 317.71 to 317.85 of the Compiled Laws of 1948 (MSA Sections 13.1271 – 13.1285).

(d)   “LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER” means any person employed or elected by the people of the State of Michigan, or by any city, village, county or township whose duty it is to preserve peace or to make arrest or to enforce the law, and includes game, fish and forest fire wardens and members of the State Police and Conservation Officers.

(e)   “ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER” means any person employed by the county for the purpose of enforcing this Ordinance or state statutes pertaining to dogs or other animals as well as persons employed by the county to act in the Animal Control Division.

(f)     “OWNER” The term owner and “persons owning premises” shall mean both the owner of title of record and those occupying or in possession of any property or premise.  The term “owner”, when applied to the proprietorship of any animal, must be the age of 18 years and capable of taking care of said animal. An owner is a person having a right of property in the animal, an authorized agent of the owner, and every person who keeps or harbors the animal or has it in his care, custody or control, and every person who permits the animal to remain on or about the premise occupied by him.

(g)    “PERSON” The word “person” shall include state and local officers or employees, individuals, corporations, co-partnerships and associations.

(h)   “KENNEL” means any establishment wherein or whereon three (3) or more dogs are confined and kept for sale, boarding, breeding or training purposes, for remuneration, constructed so as to prevent the public or stray dogs from obtaining entrance thereto and gaining contact with dogs lodged herein.

(i)      “RABIES-SUSPECT ANIMAL” the term “rabies-suspect animal” shall mean any animal which has been determined by the Michigan Department of Public Health to be a potential rabies carrier and which has bitten a human, or any animal which has been in contact with or been bitten by another animal which is a potential rabies carrier, or any animal which is potential rabies carrier which shows symptoms suggestive of rabies.

(j)     “POUNDMASTER” CHIEF, ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES: DOG WARDEN: DOG CATCHER. The terms “Poundmaster”, “Chief”, “Animal Control Services”, “Dog Warden” or “Dog Catcher” are synonymous with “Animal Control Officer”, “Director, Animal Control Department” and shall include the deputies of such person.

(k)    “DAY” shall mean working days.

(l)      “BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS” shall mean the Berrien County Board of Commissioners. “TREASURER” shall mean the Berrien County Treasurer.

(m) “NON-AGRICULTURAL AREA” shall mean any area zoned by a city, village, township or other governmental body, agency or commission as other than for agricultural purposes.

(n)   “WILD ANIMAL” means any living member of the animal kingdom, including those born or raised in captivity, except the following: human beings, domestic dogs (excluding hybrids with wolves, coyotes, or jackals), domestic cats (excluding hybrids with ocelots or margays), rodents, any hybrid animal that is part wild, and captive-bred species or common cage birds.

 

ARTICLE III

ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER

DUTIES, AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITIES

 

SECTION 1

An Animal Control Officer shall be appointed by the Board of Commissioners and shall serve as Director of the Animal Control Department.  Said person shall be supervised by the County Coordinator and parent Committee (Administration).

 

SECTION 2

In lieu of all fees and other remuneration under the statutes of the state, the Animal Control Officer, and his assistants, except census takers, shall be compensated as established and determined by appropriate resolution of the Board of Commissioners.

 

SECTION 3

The Animal Control Officer shall fulfill the following duties:

 

(a)                The Animal Control Officer shall promptly seize, take up and place in the animal shelter all dogs found running at large or being kept or harbored any place within the county contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance or the statutes of the state.

(b)               The Animal Control Officer shall be a peace officer for the purposes of this Ordinance and shall be legally authorized and it shall be his duty to issue appearance tickets, citations or summonses to those persons owing, keeping or harboring animals contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance.

(c)                It shall be the duty of the Animal Control Officer to destroy in a humane manner, all impounded dogs (or other animals) lacking a collar, license or other evidence of ownership after being impounded for five (5) working days, or if the animal has a collar, license or evidence of ownership, seven (7) working days from the date of mailing to the animal’s owner written notice that the animal has been impounded.  If, however, said dog or other animal is valuable or otherwise desirable for keeping, the Animal Control Officer may release said dog, or other animal, to any person who will undertake to remove said animal from the county or keep said animal within the county in accordance with the provision of this Ordinance and the statutes of the state, including compliance with licensing and vaccination requirements, upon payment of the proper charge for the care and treatment of said animal while kept in the animal shelter or dispose of said dog (or other animal) at the expiration of the holding period required herein in a manner approved by the Board of Commissioners.  Such regulations regarding the redemption of animals from the animal shelter and boarding and other charges shall be posted in a conspicuous place at the animal shelter.  The bodies of all animals destroyed at the animal shelter or elsewhere in the county shall be disposed of by the Animal Control Officer in a manner approved by the Berrien County Board of Commissioners. Upon receipt of a written authorization signed by the owner, any animal voluntarily turned in to the animal shelter by the owner thereof for disposition need not be kept for the minimum period set forth herein before release or disposal of such animal is made by the Animal Control Officer, as provided herein.

(d)               The Animal Control Officer shall promptly investigate all dog (animal) bite cases by a rabies-suspect animal involving human exposure and shall search out and attempt to discover the animal involved and shall either impound or require its owner to quarantine the animal for examination for disease in accordance with applicable provisions of this Ordinance and/or the statutes of the state.  In the event the owner of a quarantined animal is unable to maintain the quarantine during the required period, the owner shall deliver said animal to the animal shelter, or upon notice to the Animal Control Officer, to a veterinary clinic for impoundment.  Failure of an owner to maintain a quarantine or to deliver a quarantined animal for impoundment shall constitute a misdemeanor punishable as set forth in Article XI of this Ordinance.  The Animal Control Officer shall also be obliged to seize and impound any rabies-suspect dog (animal).

(e)               The Animal Control Officer shall assume the duty (provided in Section 316 of Act 339 of the Public Acts of 1919, being Section 287.276 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, (MSA Section 12.526), as amended to determine and locate all unlicensed dogs, to list such dogs and to deliver said list to the Prosecuting Attorney for the necessary proceedings as provided by this Ordinance and/or the statutes of the state.

(f)                 The Animal Control Officer is hereby authorized and empowered in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance to enter upon private premises for the purpose of inspecting same for the purpose of determining the harboring, keeping or possessing of any dog or dogs for the specific purpose of determining if the owners of said dogs have complied with the appropriate provisions of this Ordinance and to apprehend and take with him any dogs for whom no license has been procured in accordance with this Ordinance or for any other violation hereof.  The provisions of this subsection shall specifically include, but not be limited to, investigation of or seizure for cruelty to animals.

(g)                The Animal Control Officer shall have the right and obligation to inspect any kennel, a license for which has been issued by the Treasurer pursuant to this Ordinance and the statues of the state, and shall have the duty to suspend said license if, in their opinion, conditions exist which are unhealthy or inhumane to the animals kept therein pending correction of such conditions, and further shall have the duty to revoke said license if such conditions are not corrected within a reasonable period of time, generally being within seven (7) days.

(h)               The Animal Control Officer shall have the right and obligation to investigate complaints of dogs alleged to be dangerous to persons or property and shall have the right to seize, take up and impound such animals.