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that subsection (a) of this section is being violated with respect to such animal, it shall be • disposed of as hereinbefore provided, just as if the owner were present. Sec. 43 4-6. Destructive animals. (a) No owner of an animal shall suffer or permit it to go upon the land of any other person and damage or destroy any garden, shrub, grass or other property thereon. (b) Any person owning property which is damaged or destroyed by any violation described in this section may enter a complaint by a warrant issued against the owner of the animal involved, and the complaint shall be heard by the judge of the general district court as all other complaints under criminal warrants are heard. (c) A violation of this section shall constitute a Class 4 misdemeanor. Upon a second conviction within one (1) year of a violation of this section involving the same animal, in addition to imposing a fine for the violation, the judge shall order the owner of the animal to take it into custody and to confine it in such a way that it will not be permitted to run at large at any time. Upon the failure of the owner to comply with such order, the animal shall be seized by the animal warden and humanely destroyed or placed for adoption outside of the city. • Sec. 4-6 44=7. Livestock at large. No person shall permit a horse, mule, cow, bull, sheep or hog to run at large in the city. Any horse, mule, cow, bull, sheep or hog found at large shall be impounded until redeemed by its owner. If not redeemed within five (5) days, during which time the animal warden or pound personnel shall make reasonable efforts to identify and notify the owner, the animal may be sold by the animal warden, and the proceeds, after deducting the amount of the costs of impoundment, shall be held by the city treasurer for the benefit of the owner for sixty (60) days, after which they shall revert to the general fund if unclaimed. If sale is impracticable or no purchaser is found, an animal may instead be placed for adoption or humanely destroyed. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the destruction of a critically injured or ill animal for humane purposes. Sec. 4-7 44=8. Fowl at large. It shall be unlawful for any person to permit any chickens, ducks, geese, pigeons or other fowl belonging to him to go at large in the city; except, that homing pigeons may be released for return to their cote without violating this section. • Sec. 4-8 44=9. Keeping hogs, goats and sheep. 5