(A) When an animal has bitten a person or there is good reason to believe that the animal has bitten a person, that fact shall be reported within 24 hours to the City Chief of Police and thereafter the owner of the animal shall comply with the City Chief of Police's instruction concerning the animal.
(B) Whenever any animal capable of transmitting the rabies virus has bitten any person or domestic animal, the owner or custodian of the biting animal, upon being notified by the St. Charles Police Department, will immediately cause the animal to be quarantined at the city approved animal shelter or pound, or by a veterinarian licensed to practice in the State of Minnesota and approved by the Chief of Police, for a period of 10 days after the bite incident. The St. Charles Police Department may allow the owner to quarantine the animal if proof of current rabies vaccination is provided.
(C) Release from quarantine. At the end of 10 days, a veterinarian shall examine the animal to ascertain whether symptoms of rabies exist. If the veterinarian diagnoses the animal to be free of the signs of rabies, the animal shall be released from quarantine. If a quarantined animal sickens or dies, it shall be sent to the Minnesota Department of Health for rabies testing. The owner of the animal is responsible for the cost of quarantine, veterinary fees and testing.
(1987 Code, § 403.16) (Am. Ord. 625, passed 9-8-2020) Penalty, see § 10.99