(A) Any animal suffering from rabies is hereby declared to be a nuisance and such dog may be slain by any police officer, animal warden or any other person charged with the enforcement of this chapter, if same cannot be safely apprehended and impounded. It shall be the duty of any person keeping or otherwise maintaining any such animal to place it immediately in a veterinary hospital or upon demand, to surrender such animal to any police officer, animal warden or other person charged with the enforcement of this chapter.
(B) It shall be the duty of any person who discovers that any animal is suffering with rabies or that any animal has been bitten by an animal suffering with rabies to report such fact to the Police Department. Such report shall give the name if known, and the place of residence of the person keeping or otherwise maintaining any such animal, the place where the same can be found, and the license number of any such animal, if known. Any such animal shall be immediately confined in a veterinary hospital or taken up and impounded and securely kept until it can be determined whether any such animal is suffering with rabies.
(Ord. 1989-O-37, passed 1-17-89) Penalty, see § 90.99