Procedures concerning bites from other animals shall be discussed with the animal services officer or the State Department of Health for proper disposition. Any wild animal which has bitten a person should be caught and killed and the brain immediately submitted to a qualified laboratory for rabies examination. An exception to this rule may be allowed for large, exotic, or valuable zoo species which, by reason of their close confinement, would be unlikely rabies vectors. Rodents, rabbits, birds and reptiles are not considered to be transmitters of the rabies virus and should not be submitted for laboratory examination for rabies.
('68 Code, § 5-3(f) (Ord. 3-1989-10, passed 3-21-89; Am. Ord. 09-2016-47, passed 9-27-16
; Am. Ord. 07-2021-32, passed 7-13-21
) Penalty, see § 91.999