(a) Any dog suffering from rabies is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and such dog may be slain by any peace officer, animal warden or such other person charged with the enforcement of this Article, if the same cannot be safely apprehended and impounded.
(b) It shall be the duty of any person keeping, harboring or otherwise maintaining any such dog to place it immediately in a veterinary hospital, or upon demand, to surrender such dog to any police officer, animal warden or other person charged with the enforcement of this Article. (M.C. 1963, § 19.215.)
(c) It shall be the duty of every person who discovers that any dog is suffering with rabies or that any dog or other animal has been bitten by a dog or other animal suffering with rabies to report such fact immediately to the Lake County Health Department at telephone number 689-6424 or any replacement telephone number therefor. (Ord. 0-85-37, 8-19-85)
(d) Any such dog or other animal shall be immediately confined in a veterinary hospital, or taken up and impounded and securely kept until it can be determined whether any such dog or other animal is suffering with rabies.
(M.C. 1963, § 19.215.)