(A) Every veterinarian or other person discovering or suspecting any animal to be suffering with rabies shall forthwith report such fact to the Animal Control and Welfare Officer giving the name and address of the owner or keeper of such animal and the license number thereof, if known. Such animal shall be immediately impounded by a police officer and, at the expense of the owner, shall be placed in the charge of a veterinarian in the county, licensed by the state, for a period of not less than ten days.
(B) If, on the report of such veterinarian, such animal shall be ascertained to be suffering with rabies, such animal shall be immediately killed, the skull containing the brain of such animal forthwith delivered to the laboratory of the State Department of Public Health. If such animal should die during the interval of observation, the intact brain shall forthwith be delivered to the laboratory or the State Department of Public Health.
(Prior Code, § 90.044) (Ord. 2017-005, passed 2-27-2017)