Whenever any person owning, possessing, or harboring any dog or cat shall learn that the dog or cat has bitten any human being, the person shall immediately impound said dog or cat in the city pound where it cannot escape or have access to any human being or other animal, and shall also immediately notify the Police Chief. Whenever the Police Department shall learn that any human being has been bitten by any dog or cat, an officer shall ascertain the identity of such dog or cat, and the person owning, possessing, or harboring it, and shall immediately direct the person to forthwith confine the dog or cat. Any dog or cat so confined shall be kept continuously so confined for a period of 14 days from the day the dog or cat bit a human being. The Chief of Police shall cause the confined dog or cat to be periodically inspected for rabies by a qualified person. If the dog or cat is found to be rabid, it shall be immediately destroyed. If at the end of the two weeks a veterinarian is convinced that the dog is then free from rabies the dog shall be released from quarantine or from the pound as the case may be. If the dog dies in the meanwhile its head shall be sent to the State Department of Health for examination for rabies, with all cost to be borne by the owner of said animal.
(Ord. 3-3, passed 12-11-2000)