When the owner or keeper of any dog knows of or has been notified that his dog has bitten or has injured any person so as to cause an abrasion of the skin of that person, or is suffering from rabies, he shall forthwith deliver the dog to the Animal Control Warden, to any assistant animal control warden, or to any police officer, whereupon the dog shall be securely confined for a period of at least ten days for observation. At the end of the observation period, if no symptoms have appeared, the dog shall be returned to his keeper or owner. Upon appearance of any symptoms of rabies, the dog shall be confined until death and then its head shall be removed in such manner as not to injure the brain and shall be delivered to the Rabies Inspector of the county for examination.
('69 Code, § 4-68) (Ord. 66-0-23, passed 7-11-66)
Statutory reference:
Report of bite by dog, see ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5 § 13