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~(dj~ ~If reasonable attempts to notify the owner or keeper of the animal are unsuccessful, if the owner or keeper is unknown, or the owner or keeper refuses or fails to remove the animal after notice, the animal may be seized and impounded by the police or any officer. "fhe owner or keeper of the animal shall pay not less than [~5] $25 for each animal that is seized and impounded plus all additional costs incurred in the removal and transportation of the animal, and all costs for the feeding and care of each animal, including, but not limited to bona fide veterinary expenses. If any damage is done by the animals, the owner thereof shall pay to the proper claimant the full amount of damage or loss occasioned by the straying of the animals. 5. To clarify Section 4-29. Leash requirement. No person shall bring or permit any dog in any roadway, County park, public or private school ground, [ems}airport, or in any other public place unless it is held under control by a suitable leash, not more than six feet long; provided, however, that dogs even under control by a suitable leash shall not he allowed in any County beach park. [T''^°~ (b) Licensed fhtFetmgl dogs, when accompanied by and under the control of their owner, while lawfully on public or private huntinggrounds and engaged in the act of hunting, will not be subject to the leash requirements, however, at all other times, the dogs are subject to the requirements of this section. (c) This section shall not apply to "Seeing, Eve" dogs or other dogs necessarily used for the benefit of handicapped persons or to dogs used for pumoses of law enforcement by law enforcement agencies of the Federal, State or County governments. (d) [t shall be unlawful for the owner of any dog, whether the doe is licensed or not, to permit such dog to become a stray.