(A) Keeping vicious animal. No person shall keep a vicious animal that manifests a disposition to bite or attack persons without having the animal secured and/or muzzled. Proof of the fact that the animal has bitten or attacked a person or other animal at any place where that person or other animal is legally entitled to be is evidence that the animal is vicious.
(B) Destruction of animal. Upon a conviction of a violation of this section, if it appears to the court that the animal is still living, the court may, in addition to punishment of the owner, order law enforcement officers to forthwith cause such animal or dog to be humanely destroyed.
(Prior Code, § 6-3-10) (Ord. 352, passed 10-4-2007) Penalty, see § 6-3-18