(A) It shall be unlawful for the owner or custodian of a dog or cat to keep, harbor or have in custody or control a dog or cat six months or older for longer than 14 days, unless such dog and cat has a current vaccination against rabies with a vaccine listed in the current compendium of animal rabies vaccine as approved by the National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians. Proof of vaccination shall be furnished at the request of any public health official or borough police officer.
(B) Any dog or cat who is believed to have rabies or has been bitten by an animal suspected of rabies shall be confined by a lease or chain on the premises of the owner and shall be placed under the observation of a veterinarian at the expense of the owner for a period of two weeks. The owner shall notify the impounding officer of the fact that his or her animal has been exposed to rabies. At his or her discretion, the impounding officer is empowered to have such animal removed from the owner’s premises to a veterinary hospital and there placed under the observation of a veterinarian for a period of two weeks at the expense of the owner.
(C) No person, knowing or suspecting that his or her dog or cat has rabies, shall allow such animal to be taken off his or her premises or beyond the limits of the borough without the written permission of the impounding officer. Every person owning or harboring an animal, upon ascertaining the animal to have rabies, shall immediately notify the impounding officer or a police officer, who shall either remove the animal to the pound or summarily destroy it.
(Ord. 150-1990, passed 8-6-1990) Penalty, see § 90.99