(A) Confinement of a dog or cat for observation under this subchapter shall be for a period of ten days. The dog or cat shall be examined immediately after confinement and again before the ten-day period has expired.
(B) The veterinarian shall submit to the Village Clerk a certificate following each examination, stating whether or not the dog or cat shows symptoms of rabies.
(C) If the dog or cat is found rabid, the dog or cat shall be destroyed in a humane manner. If the dog or cat is destroyed or if it shall die within the ten-day observation period, its head shall be sent by the veterinarian to the laboratory of the state’s Department of Public Health.
(D) If the dog or cat is not found rabid by the end of the confinement period, the owner shall be so notified and the dog or cat may be released to its owner and the Village Clerk so advised.
(Prior Code, § 90.035) (Ord. 80-102, passed 4-7-1980)