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505.10  ANIMAL BITES; REPORTS AND QUARANTINE.
   (a)    Whenever any person is bitten by a dog or other animal, report of such bite shall be made to the Health Commissioner within twenty-four hours. Whenever it is reported to the Health Commissioner that any dog or cat has bitten a person, that dog or cat shall be quarantined under an order issued by the Health Commissioner.  The dog or cat shall be quarantined by its owner or by a harborer, or shall be quarantined in a pound or kennel.  In all cases, such quarantine shall be under the supervision of the Health Commissioner and shall be at the expense of the owner or harborer.  Quarantine shall continue until the Health Commissioner determines that the dog or cat is not afflicted with rabies.  The quarantine period hereby required shall not be less than ten days from the date on which the person was bitten.  If at any time during the quarantine, the Health Commissioner requires the dog or cat to be examined for symptoms of rabies, then the examination shall be by a licensed doctor of veterinary medicine.  The veterinarian shall report to the Health Commissioner the conclusions reached as a result of the examinations.  The examination by a veterinarian shall be at the expense of the owner or harborer.  No dog or cat shall be released from the required quarantine unless and until it has been properly vaccinated against rabies.
   No person shall fail to comply with the requirements of this section or with any order of the Health Commissioner made pursuant thereto, nor fail to immediately report to the Health Commissioner any symptoms or behavior suggestive of rabies.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
505.11  HUNTING PROHIBITED.
   (a)   No person shall hunt any wild bird or wild quadruped within the limits of the Municipality.
   (b)   For the purposes of this section, “hunt” means to pursue, shoot, kill, or capture wild birds or wild quadrupeds and all other acts such as placing, setting, drawing, or employing any device commonly used to kill or capture wild birds or quadrupeds.
   (c)   Nothing in this section shall preclude or prohibit the trapping and capture of wild pigeons, starlings, or such other wild birds or quadrupeds as may be declared a nuisance by Council, provided such trapping, capture, and subsequent destruction thereof is accomplished in compliance with rules and regulations established by the Chief of Police, and that any person so doing, before engaging in such trapping, capture, or destruction, has obtained the written permission of the Chief of Police to do so. 
(1980 Code 90.09; Ord. 466.)
505.12  COLORING RABBITS OR BABY POULTRY; SALE OR DISPLAY OF POULTRY.
   (a)   No person shall dye or otherwise color any rabbit or baby poultry, including, but not limited to, chicks and ducklings.  No person shall sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, raffle or give away any rabbit or poultry which has been dyed or otherwise colored.  No poultry younger than four weeks of age may be sold, given away or otherwise distributed to any person in lots of less than six.  Stores, shops, vendors and others offering young poultry for sale or other distribution shall provide and operate brooders or other heating devices that may be necessary to maintain poultry in good health, and shall keep adequate food and water available to the poultry at all times.
(ORC 925.62)
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
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