<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 10-20. - Report and confinement of animals biting persons or showing symptoms of rabies.</div>
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               (a)
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               Every dog or cat which has bitten any person or which shows symptoms of rabies shall
               be confined immediately and shall be promptly reported to the animal control program,
               and thereupon shall be securely quarantined, at the direction of the animal control
               program, for a period of ten days, and shall not be released from such quarantine
               except by written permission from the animal control program.
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               (b)
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               Dogs and cats quarantined under this section shall be confined in a veterinary hospital,
               boarding kennel, or county animal shelter, at the expense of the owner; provided,
               however, that if an animal control officer determines that the owner of an animal
               which must be quarantined has adequate confinement facilities upon his own premises,
               the animal control officer shall authorize the animal to be confined on such premises.
               The animal control officer may not authorize the animal to be confined on the owner's
               premises unless the owner has a fenced-in area in his yard and the fenced-in area
               has no entrances or exits that are not locked, and the animal had been currently vaccinated
               against rabies. Proof will be required at the time of investigation. If the animal
               is confined on the owner's premises, the animal control officer shall revisit the
               premises for inspection purposes at approximately the middle of the confinement period
               and again at the conclusion of the confinement period.
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               (c)
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               In the case of stray dogs or cats whose ownership is not known, the dogs or cats may
               be euthanized and the head examined for rabies or kept for the supervised quarantine
               period required by this section at the county animal shelter.
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               (d)
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               If rabies does not develop within ten days after a dog or cat is quarantined under
               this section, the dog or cat may be released from quarantine with the written permission
               of the animal control program. If the dog or cat has been confined in the county animal
               shelter, the owner shall pay any necessary veterinarian fees and a boarding fee approved
               by the board of county commissioners.
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               (e)
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               In the case of any carnivore or bat the animal may be euthanized and the head examined
               for rabies.
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               (Ord. of 8-21-2018)
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