A. Any cat which has bitten or otherwise injured any person so as to cause an abrasion of the skin shall be immediately taken, impounded and kept separated from other cats for ten days. If during that period such cat develops symptoms of illness, a veterinarian shall be called to diagnose its condition. If the symptoms disclosed are such to indicate the presence of rabies, such cat shall be destroyed, in such manner, however, as to preserve intact the head, which shall thereupon be detached and immediately sent to the diagnostic laboratory of the Department of Agriculture. In case such cat cannot be safely taken up and impounded, it may be shot, care being taken to preserve the head intact which shall thereupon be immediately detached and be delivered to the diagnostic laboratory of the Department of Agriculture.
B. If, at the expiration of the period often days, no symptoms of rabies have developed in such cat so impounded, the same may be redeemed by the owner upon payment of the redemption fees and charges specified by Section 6.09.110; provided, however, that in case any cat so impounded for biting a person has previously bitten any person, such cat shall be humanely destroyed by the poundkeeper. After having been notified that his cat has bitten or otherwise injured any person, the owner or keeper thereof shall not under any circumstances permit such animal to be at large unless securely muzzled.
(Ord. 95-10, 1995).