(a) No person shall bring into the City or sell or offer for sale in the City any animal having a communicable disease or which has been exposed to or which is liable to carry infection from a communicable disease.
(b) The following communicable diseases of animals shall be reported to the Police Department immediately upon the recognition of such disease by the owner or attending veterinarian or person having the diseased animal in his possession or control: Actinomycosis, anthrax, glanders, rabies (hydrophobia), Texas fever and tuberculosis.
(c) Every veterinarian or other person attending a case of communicable disease of any animal shall, within twelve hours after the recognition of such disease, report the same to the Police Department giving the name of the owner and his place of residence.
(d) Any person having knowledge of the existence of a case of communicable disease of any animal which has not been reported shall, within twelve hours after the discovery of the existence of such communicable disease, report the same to the Police Department.
(O.F. Ord. 1112. Passed 4-9-56.)
(e) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree and shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 698.02.