(a) Whenever it is shown that an animal has bitten any person, the owner, keeper or person having custody or possession of such animal, shall, within 24 hours following the biting incident, contact the Director of Public Safety-Service or designee. On the tenth day following the bite incident, the animal must be examined by a licensed veterinarian at the owner's expense. During the ten day quarantine period following the bite incident, the animal shall be confined in either an animal clinic, kennel or animal hospital, or secured at the home of the owner, keeper or person having custody or possession of the animal, in an area inaccessible to the public at large. The owner, keeper or person having custody or possession of such animal shall then submit to the Director of Public Safety-Service, or designee, within 24 hours following the post quarantine examination, a written report signed by the examining veterinarian, setting forth therein the dates of examination of such animal and the results thereof. If the animal dies prior to the tenth day of the quarantine period, as herein before provided, the owner, keeper or person having custody or possession of such animal shall immediately contact the Director of Public Safety-Service or designee, who shall arrange for the removal of the animal to a qualified laboratory for examination. Under no circumstances shall the owner or keeper of the animal purposely destroy the animal prior to compliance with the requirements of this section. No owner, keeper or person having custody or possession of such an animal shall fail or refuse to remove and take such animal for the examinations required herein, or fail to comply with the submission of the report as required, or fail to notify the Director of Public Safety-Service or designee immediately upon the death of the animal, or purposely destroy such animal prior to compliance with the requirements of this Section.
(b) If the owner or person having custody or possession of such animal fails to comply with such order of the Director of Public Safety-Service or designee within 24 hours of the notification that such order has been issued and served upon such owner or person having custody or possession, the Director of Public Safety-Service or designee may take such animal into custody and place the same in quarantine, at the expense of the owner or person having custody or possession of such animal.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 50-18. Passed 11-26-18.)