(a) Bites by Domestic Animals.
(1) Report.
Every owner or person harboring or keeping a dog, cat, or other domesticated animal who knows that such dog, cat, or other domesticated animal has bitten any person shall within twelve (12) hours report such fact to law enforcement officers serving the Village of Edgar, a physician or other animal control enforcement authority.
(2) Post-Bite Incident Quarantine.
a. A healthy dog, cat or other domestic animal that has bitten a person shall be captured, confined and observed for not less than ten (10) days by a veterinarian or at an animal shelter at the expense of the animal's owner or caretaker, or if the owner can provide evidence of a valid rabies vaccination, such animal can be confined and observed at the home of the owner. The owner or keeper of any such dog, cat, ferret or other domesticated animal shall surrender the dog, cat, ferret or other domesticated animal to a law enforcement or humane officer upon demand for examination.
b. After such quarantine period, animals which have not previously been vaccinated for rabies shall be vaccinated, with proof of vaccination provided to the Police Department within seventy-two (72) hours of release.
c. A domestic animal which has been exposed to rabies shall be held in quarantine for six (6) months.
d. A domestic animal which has been vaccinated, but has been exposed to rabies, shall be quarantined for sixty (60) days.
(b) Bites by Wild Animals.
(1) Report.
Any person bitten or scratched by a wild animal shall report that fact within twelve (12) hours to the Police Department or the attending physician.
(2) Wild Animal to be Destroyed.
Any wild animal that bites or scratches a person shall be killed by the Police Department (without unnecessary damage to the head), with the brain to then be examined for evidence of rabies.