(a) Whenever any animal bites a person, the Dog Warden may order such animal quarantined for a period extending not longer than two weeks from the time of the biting.
(b) No owner or person in custody or possession of such animal shall fail to comply with such quarantine order.
(c) All expenses incurred for the keeping of such animal or the necessary tests to determine whether rabies exists, shall be borne exclusively by the owner or keeper of such animal.
(d) No person having knowledge of the existence of any rabies, or the fact that any animal has bitten any other person, shall fail to immediately report such information to the Police Department.
(e) Whoever violates subsection (b) hereof shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500,00) or imprisoned not more than thirty days.
(f) Whoever violates subsection (d) hereof shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 1044. Passed 3-8-76.)