§ 7-84. Refusal to surrender or report an animal; penalty

(a)

No person shall fail or refuse to surrender an animal for supervised quarantine, confinement or humane destruction as required herein for rabies control when deemed advisable by the animal shelter department or notify the animal shelter as required in section 7-81.

(b)

It shall be the duty of every veterinarian having an animal quarantined for a bite incident to submit a report to the animal shelter department as to the condition of the quarantined animal on the initial day of observation and the tenth day immediately following the date of the bite incident to the animal shelter veterinarian or director.

(c)

Failure to surrender or report such animal is considered endangerment to the public and a violation of this code and subject to a hearing. Penalties for refusal to surrender shall be punished pursuant to the provisions of this Code and subject to a hearing before a court of competent jurisdiction and penalties provided in this Code.

(Ord. No. 24102, § 5, 8-31-11)