Each animal shall be observed daily by the animal caretaker in charge, or the caretaker’s representative. Any animal becoming sick or injured shall be provided with proper veterinary care, or the pet owner shall be contacted immediately. Any person operating or employed at a groom shop who observes an animal which the person suspects of being rabid or which has bitten someone shall at once notify the city’s animal control and isolate the animal(s) from contact with other animals or groom shop customers for a period of ten days unless examined and released by written statement of a licensed veterinarian and then only at the discretion of the Director of the animal control. Programs of disease prevention and control shall be established and maintained.
(Prior Code, § 90.115) (Ord. 98-24, passed 7-6-1998) Penalty, see § 90.999