A. Quarantine. Every dog or other animal which bites a person shall be promptly reported to the animal control office, and shall thereupon be securely quarantined at the direction of any animal control officer for a period of 10 days next following the bite. A quarantined animal shall not be released from the quarantine except by authorization of the animal control officer. At the discretion of the animal control officer, such quarantine may be at the shelter designated as the area animal shelter, or, at the owner’s option and expense, in a veterinary hospital or licensed boarding kennel of the owner’s choice. In the case of stray animals or of animals whose ownership is not known, such quarantine shall be at the shelter designated as the animal shelter.

B. Surrender of Animal. The owner or custodian, upon demand made by the animal control office or the borough, shall forthwith surrender any animal which has bitten a human, or which is suspected of having been exposed to rabies, for supervised quarantine. The expense shall be borne by the owner. The animal may be reclaimed by the owner if determined to be free of rabies and not adjudged vicious, upon payment of board fees set forth in KIBC 6.04.190 and any medical or other actual, necessary expenses incurred.

C. Rabid Animals. When any animal under quarantine has been diagnosed as being rabid, or suspected by a licensed veterinarian of being rabid, the owner and the veterinarian shall immediately notify the borough. The animal control officer shall take such action as he deems necessary to determine the presence or absence of rabies. Such action may include, but shall not be limited to, removal and examination of the head.

D. Area-Wide Quarantine. When one or both reports give a positive diagnosis of rabies, the borough may conduct an area-wide quarantine for a period of 30 days. Upon invocation of such quarantine, no animal shall be taken into the streets, or be permitted to be off the premises of its owner or in the streets during such period. During such quarantine no animal may be taken or shipped from the borough without written permission of the animal control officer.

E. Destruction of Bitten Animals. During each period of rabies quarantine as herein mentioned, every animal bitten by an animal adjudged to be rabid shall be destroyed forthwith.

F. Extension of Area-Wide Quarantine. In the event there are additional positive cases of rabies occurring during the period of quarantine, such period of quarantine may be extended for up to an additional six months.

G. Destruction of Rabid Animals. No person shall kill, or cause to be killed, any rabid animal or any animal biting a human, except in defense of life and limb or otherwise as herein provided, nor remove same from the area without permission from the borough.

H. Surrender of Carcass. The carcass of any dead animal exposed to rabies shall be surrendered to the borough.

I. Disposition of Infected Animals. The borough shall direct the disposition of any animal found to be infected with rabies.

J. Failure to Surrender Animal. No person shall fail or refuse to surrender any animal for quarantine or destruction as required herein when demand is made therefor by the animal control office or the borough. [Ord. 86-16-O(A) §2. Formerly §6.04.090].