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§ 90.31 DOGS OR CATS IN SEASON.
   It shall be unlawful for any person or persons owning or having in possession or control any bitch or female dog or cat, to suffer or permit such animal to run at large in the city while in season or during her proud period.
(1992 Code, § 91.26) (Ord. 445, passed 7-11-1974) Penalty, see § 90.99
§ 90.32 NOISE DISTURBANCE.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to harbor or keep any animal of the dog or cat kind which may be loud, or which by loud and frequent or habitual barking or crying, howling or yelping, shall cause serious annoyance or disturbance to the neighborhood.
(1992 Code, § 91.27) (Ord. 445, passed 7-11-1974) Penalty, see § 90.99
§ 90.33 LICENSING PROCEDURE.
   The owners of all dogs or cats or those who harbor or maintain such animals in the city shall have such animals licensed and registered with the County Animal Shelter, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and applicable state statute. Licenses shall be issued by the County Animal Shelter. Upon payment, the owner shall be issued a certificate of registration and a license tag, the tag to be attached to the dog’s or cat’s collar and worn by the dog or cat at all times. Fees for the licenses and the like shall be as set annually by the Director of Humane Services with the approval of the County Fiscal Court.
(1992 Code, § 91.28) Penalty, see § 90.99
§ 90.34 RABIES INOCULATION.
   (A)   Any person who shall allow any animal of the dog or cat kind to remain and be lodged and be fed within his or her home, store, enclosure or elsewhere on his or her premises, shall be considered to be harboring an animal within the terms and meaning of this chapter.
   (B)   It shall be the duty of every person who owns or harbors a dog or cat in the city to have such dog or cat inoculated with anti-rabic vaccine by a veterinarian. Failure to so have such dog or cat vaccinated shall constitute and be deemed a misdemeanor, and shall be subject to punishment as hereinafter provided. Furthermore, it shall be unlawful for any person to own, keep or harbor a dog or cat in the city unless such dog or cat shall have been inoculated with anti-rabic vaccine as aforesaid.
   (C)   It shall be the duty of each veterinarian, after inoculation of a dog or cat with anti-rabic vaccine, which dog or cat is owned or controlled by a resident of this city, to furnish such person with a certificate in which shall be recorded the name and address of the owner or keeper, the name and age of the dog or cat, and the date upon which such vaccine was administered.
(1992 Code, § 91.29) (Ord. 445, passed 7-11-1974) Penalty, see § 90.99
§ 90.35 SEIZURE AND IMPOUNDMENT.
   Any animal seized or impounded for any reason shall be taken to the County Animal Shelter.
§ 90.36 RABID DOG OR CAT.
   (A)   When it has been charged that a dog or cat is rabid, or has been bitten by a rabid dog or cat, the judge of the appropriate court shall hear proof in order to determine whether or not there is reason to believe that the dog or cat so charged or so bitten is actually rabid, and the Judge may, in his or her discretion, have the dog or cat impounded for observation or order such dog or cat killed. However, the owner or keeper of the dog or cat may make a request in writing that the dog or cat be held by some reliable veterinarian for the proper period of observation, in which event the owner shall agree in writing to pay all charges for holding and observing the dog or cat, the court costs, and all other fees incidental thereto.
   (B)   The court will thereupon deliver the dog or cat to a veterinarian, and the veterinarian will, at the termination of the observation period, make his or her professional report to the court, whereupon the judge shall return his or her findings. Any dog or cat adjudged rabid shall be destroyed immediately by the Chief of Police, or at his or her direction.
(1992 Code, § 91.31) (Ord. 445, passed 7-11-1974)
§ 90.37 CONCEALING RABID DOG OR CAT.
   It is hereby declared unlawful for any person to conceal a dog or cat knowing that there is reasonable grounds to believe that the dog or cat is rabid, or has been bitten by a rabid dog or cat; or to conceal a dog or cat ordered to be impounded or killed; or in any manner to prevent, or attempt to prevent the execution of the orders of the Police Court concerning rabid dogs or cats or dogs or cats bitten by a rabid dog or cat.
(1992 Code, § 91.32) (Ord. 445, passed 7-11-1974) Penalty, see § 90.99
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