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Sec. 14-17. Animal bites.

When any animal has bitten, scratched, or otherwise attacked a person, or other animal, that person or any other person having knowledge of such incident shall immediately notify the police department. The animal shall be quarantined for a period of ten days from the date of the bite either in the facilities of Springdale Animal Services, in which case the owner shall pay Springdale Animal Services the daily board rate and a rabies observation fee for the period of quarantine, or at a veterinary hospital within the city limits at the expense of the owner, or in the alternative, the owner may relinquish the animal to Springdale Animal Service and the animal shall be euthanized and its head taken to the state health department for a pathological examination.

If the owner fails to reclaim the animal at the end of the quarantine period, then after five-days notice to the last known address is sent to the registered owner, Springdale Animal Services, or its designee, may euthanize the animal.

If the owner is unknown or an address cannot be determined for the animal after a diligent search, then the five-day notice requirement does not apply, and the animal may be euthanized at the end of the ten-day quarantine period.

Exception: The provisions of this chapter do not apply to law enforcement canines who bite a person or another animal while engaged in law enforcement related duties.

(Ord. No. 2943, 10-26-99)

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