(A) When any currently vaccinated dog has bitten, scratched or otherwise attacked a person, that person or anyone having knowledge of such incident shall immediately notify the Animal Control Officer or a police officer and such dog shall be confined in the city pound for a period of ten days at the expense of the owner.
(B) Such dog shall, during such a period of confinement, be subject to inspection by the Animal Control Officer, or a licensed veterinarian. If, after the ten-day period, the owner fails to pick up the animal, the owner is notified and granted five additional days to pick up the animal. After this time limit, the Animal Control Officer can then release the animal for adoption or disposal.
(C) When any animal other than a currently vaccinated dog has bitten, scratched or otherwise attacked a person, the above regulations apply, as well as additional time required for the length of the quarantine period, determined by species of the animal, as required by state law.
(D) An exception to these requirements is if the animal in question has a valid and current rabies vaccination, the owner may be allowed to secure the animal on his property if the owner can provide secure and adequate facilities for confinement as approved by the Animal Control Officer, and provided that the
animal be inspected by a veterinarian at the end of the quarantine period or at any time the animal shows symptoms of rabies.
(E) The owner of any dog held in quarantine for rabies observation shall be charged a fee for such quarantine in addition to any impoundment fee. This fee shall be charged on a per-day basis as set forth in Appendix 1, Fee Schedule, § 4.00.
(Ord. 914, passed 10-14-04) Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Dangerous dogs; attacks by and requirements for owners of, see Tex. Health & Safety Code §§ 822.041 et seq.