(A) No owner or keeper of a dog or other animal shall suffer, permit or fail to prevent an animal from biting or attacking a person or another animal resulting in injury to the person or animal attacked; provided that such an attack on a person who is or reasonably appears to be in the commission of an act made punishable under the Illinois Criminal Code is not prohibited if the animal is acting in the defense of the owner or keeper or the owner's or keeper's family or premises, and the animal remains on the premises. For purposes of this section, it shall not be necessary to show that the person bitten or attacked was arrested or convicted of a criminal offense.
(B) Any person having knowledge that a person has been bitten by a dog or other animal shall, within no more than 24 hours after such bite, notify the Police Department so that the Police Department can notify the County of DuPage and the dog or other animal can be impounded and confined for observation in accordance with the ordinances of the County of DuPage and the regulations of the Department of Agriculture.
(Ord. 03-10, passed 6-24-03)