(A) Every rabid dog or dog exposed to rabies shall be immediately confined by the owner, who shall promptly notify a police officer or a humane officer. The owner shall, upon demand by the Brunswick County Health Department surrender any such dog for quarantine in the county pound, a humane society animal shelter or a licensed veterinary hospital; provided that, if the owner elects to place the dog in a hospital, he or she shall be responsible for all costs. The dog may be quarantined a maximum of two weeks but shall be released earlier if certified by a licensed veterinarian to be free of rabies. No fee shall be charged for quarantine by the public pound.
(B) No person shall kill a rabid animal exposed to rabies, nor remove such an animal from the town without permission from the Brunswick County Health Department, except when it is necessary to kill the animal to prevent it from escaping or from biting any other animal or person.
(C) The body of any animal dead of rabies or having been exposed to rabies prior to death shall be surrendered by the owner upon demand of the Brunswick County Health Department.
(Ord. 14-8, passed 10-9-2014)