(A) When an animal quarantined has been found rabid, or is suspected of being rabid, and dies while under observation, an authorized agent shall notify the proper public health officials of reports of human contacts made by, and the diagnosis made of, the animal.
(B) When a rabies report is made under this chapter, an authorized agent shall recommend to the enforcement authority of the town a general quarantine in the town for a period of thirty days. Upon invocation of the general quarantine by the town, any animal found at large may be destroyed, if necessary, without being impounded. During the quarantine period, every animal bitten or exposed through non-bite exposure by an animal adjudged to be rabid, shall be confined at its owner’s expense or destroyed as specified by the Enforcement Authority.
(C) During a general quarantine declared by the town under this chapter, an animal’s owner or keeper who resists the quarantining authority or who permits an animal owned or kept by that person to be at large shall be fined. Any animal which is suspected of being rabid or is in violation of the general quarantine shall be impounded immediately.
(Ord. 2021-4, passed 11-16-2021) Penalty, see § 91.05