<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 10-21. - Infected dogs and cats to be destroyed; protection of vaccinated dogs and cats.</div>
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               When the local health director reasonably suspects that a dog or cat has been exposed
               to the saliva or nervous tissue of a proven rabid animal or animal reasonably suspected
               of having rabies that is not available for laboratory diagnosis, the dog or cat shall
               be considered to have been exposed to rabies. A dog or cat exposed to rabies shall
               be destroyed immediately by its owner, the county animal control officer or a peace
               officer unless the dog or cat has been vaccinated against rabies in accordance with
               this Part and the rules of the commission more than three weeks prior to being exposed,
               and is given a booster dose of rabies vaccine within three days of the exposure. As
               an alternative to destruction, the dog or cat may be quarantined at a facility approved
               by the local health director for a period up to six months, and under reasonable conditions
               imposed by the local health director. (1935, c. 122, s. 14; 1953, c. 876, s. 10; 1983,
               c. 891, s. 2; 2000-163, s. 4.)
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               (Ord. of 8-21-2018)
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