(A) General. Any person who shall suspect any animal in the city to be infected with rabies shall report said animal to the Animal Control Officer, describing the animal and giving the name and address of the owner if known.
(B) Veterinarians. Veterinarians within the city receiving information or reports of suspected rabies in wild animals or domestic animals shall report such information to any Animal Control Officer in the city.
(C) Physicians. Physicians within the city, immediately upon treatment of any person bitten by an animal, shall report such information to any Animal Control Officer of the city.
(D) Investigation.
(1) For the purpose of discharging the duties imposed by this chapter and to enforce the provisions thereof, any Animal Control Officer, or her or his appointed designee, is empowered to enter any premises upon which an animal is kept or harbored and to demand the extradition, by the owner of such animal, of the license or a valid rabies certificate for said animal. It is further provided that the Animal Control Officer, police officer, or her or his appointed designee may enter upon the premises where any animal is kept in a reportedly cruel or inhumane manner and demand to examine such animal and to take possession of such animal if there is probable cause to believe an animal or animals have been treated inhumanely.
(2) The Animal Control Officer, police officer, or her or his appointed designee is hereby authorized to follow and enter upon any enclosure or lot within the city in quest of any animal suspected of being infected by rabies or to apprehend any dog which has been observed running at large.
(E) Interference. No person shall interfere with, hinder, or molest any official in the performance of any duty of his or her office, or seek to release any animal in the custody of the Animal Control Officer except as herein provided.
(Ord. 33, passed 7-8-2010) Penalty, see § 91.999