Power to destroy certain cattle

Any police officer or an officer of a local authority may kill by shooting or otherwise any ferocious, savage, vicious or wicked cattle found loose or at large in any street, public place or unenclosed place, within the limits of any town, village, community, or City and which it would be dangerous to attempt to capture or seize, provided that– (a) on killing any such cattle the police officer or officer of a local authority, as the case may be, shall immediately give notice to the owner thereof, if known, who shall remove the carcass within six hours of the receipt of the notice; (b) if the owner be not known or the owner after notice does not remove the carcass, then the police officer or an officer of the local authority, as the case may be, shall cause the same to be buried or otherwise disposed of.