(A) No person owning, possessing, keeping or harboring any animal within the county shall move, conceal, sell, give away or otherwise dispose of any animal, when the person has knowledge of the animal’s having bitten or injured a person or animal.
(B) No animal quarantined under suspicion of rabies shall be removed from animal care and control or elsewhere or destroyed until written certification of the Health Officer, or his or her duly authorized deputy. The time period for quarantine and conditions of the quarantine shall be conducted under the rules and regulation and orders of the State Board of Health.
(C) No person other than a duly authorized agent of the Board may destroy any domestic animal that has bitten a person; provided, however, this provision shall not apply to the following:
(1) A licensed veterinarian;
(2) Those persons acting in immediate self-protection; or
(3) Law enforcement officers or Firefighters acting to prevent undue suffering.
(Ord. O-C11-7, passed 12-28-2011) Penalty, see § 90.999