(A) The owner of any animal which has bitten a person or other animal shall immediately report the same to the Town Police Department or the County Animal Control Officer.
(B) The Police Department shall follow state law or county ordinances in handling such cases.
(C) In the event an animal is suspected to be rabid, no person other than an authorized county or state official, or the town police, shall kill or cause to be killed such animal except for immediate self-protection or the protection of others. In the event of such killing by a person other than those enumerated, such person shall preserve the body of the animal and immediately notify the Town Police Department.
(1991 Code, § 90.30) Penalty, see § 90.99