(A) Every dog or animal which bites a person shall be reported to the County Animal Control Officer, and such animal shall be securely quarantined at the direction of said officer for a period of no less than ten days and shall, even then, not be released from the quarantine except by written permission of the County Animal Control Officer.
(1) At the discretion of the County Animal Control Officer, such quarantine may be on the premises of the owner or at the County Animal Center.
(2) If such animal is held at the County Animal Center, it shall be at the owner’s expense, subject to the fees as heretofore set forth.
(3) As a third option, such animal may be kept at a veterinary hospital operated by a licensed veterinarian.
(4) These provisions are supplemental to those created by state laws.
(B) Any owner shall, upon order of the County Animal Control Officer, forthwith surrender any animal which has bitten a human being or which is suspected to have been exposed to rabies, and such animal shall be quarantined as heretofore set forth.
(C) When any animal under quarantine has been suspected to have rabies or is diagnosed to have rabies by a licensed veterinarian and such animal dies before the quarantine period, the head of such animal shall be removed and sent to the State Health Department for pathological examination, and all individuals concerned shall be notified of the results of such report.
(D) When there has been a positive diagnosis of rabies, the animal control authorities shall recommend a county wide quarantine to the County Board of Commissioners for a period of 30 days and, upon the invoking of such quarantine, no animal shall be allowed to leave the owner’s property, except under leash. Such period of quarantine shall be continued from time to time at the discretion of the County Board of Health, State Board of Health and the County Animal Control Officer.
(E) Any person knowing of an animal having rabies, suspected to have rabies, or which has had contact with another animal known or suspected to have rabies shall make known the same to the County Animal Control Officer. This shall include any licensed veterinarians.
(Ord. 4-2-1, passed 9-16-1991) Penalty, see § 91.99