The Department shall grant special permission to a person to transport dead animals owned by such person to a veterinary hospital or laboratory for a post-mortem inspection within 24 hours after the animal’s death.
     The Department may prohibit the hauling or transporting of the bodies or parts of bodies of any animals, poultry or fish that have died of a highly contagious, infectious, or communicable disease, which body the Department may order destroyed by burning or burial without removal from the premises.