A. All cats and dogs over the age of four months or dogs with a full set of canine teeth shall have a current rabies vaccination administered by a licensed veterinarian. If a dog or cat is obtained from the animal shelter, the owner or custodian shall arrange for the dog or cat to be vaccinated within thirty days of obtaining the dog or cat, and the owner or custodian shall provide proof of such vaccination to the Animal Control Officer or be in violation of this section. An owner or custodian acquiring a dog or cat shall have such dog or cat inoculated against rabies within thirty days after the dog or cat reaches four months of age. Any person moving into the city from a location outside of the city shall comply with this section thirty days after having moved into the city. A current rabies vaccination means that a dog vaccinated between three months to one year shall be revaccinated within one year thereafter and that a cat shall be revaccinated annually.

B. Any dog, cat, or other animal that has bitten any person shall be immediately confined for a period of ten days. No animal under confinement shall be released from confinement until such release has been approved by the animal control officer.

C. It is unlawful for the owner of any dog, cat, or other animal that has bitten any person to destroy such animal before it can be properly confined by the animal control officer. The location of such confinement shall be determined by the animal control officer and shall be at the expense of the owner or custodian.

D. The owner of any animal that has been reported as having inflicted a bite on any person shall, on demand of an animal control officer, produce such animal for examination and quarantine as prescribed in this section. If the owner, his agent, servant or competent member of his family, or any custodian of any such animal refuses to produce such animal, the owner, his agent, servant, or competent member of his family, or any custodian shall be subject to immediate arrest if there shall be probable cause to believe that the animal has inflicted a bite upon a person and the owner, his agent, servant or competent member of his family, or any custodian is keeping or harboring the animal and willfully refuses to produce the animal upon such demand. Such persons shall be taken before a judge of the district court, who may order the immediate production of the animal. If the owner, his agent, servant or competent member of his family, or any custodian of such animal shall willfully or knowingly secrete or refuse to produce the animal, each day of secretion or refusal to produce the animal shall constitute a separate and individual violation of this section.

E. When an animal under quarantine has been diagnosed as being rabid by a licensed veterinarian, the veterinarian making such diagnosis shall immediately notify the county public health officer and advise said officer of any reports of human contact with such rabid animal. If any animal under quarantine dies while under observation, the animal control officer or agent shall immediately take action to obtain a pathological and inoculation examination of the animal. As soon as a diagnosis is made available, the animal control officer shall notify the county public health officer of any reports of human contact with the animal. Any animal which has not been inoculated against rabies and known to have been bitten by a rabid animal shall be humanely destroyed immediately.

F. Every physician or other medical practitioner who treats a person or persons for bites inflicted by animals shall report such treatment to the animal control officer, giving the names and addresses of such persons.

G. Any veterinarian who diagnoses rabies in any animal shall report such fact to the animal control officer. The veterinarian shall determine, before any rabies inoculation is given, whether the subject animal is under quarantine or has inflicted a bite on any person within the last ten days.

H. In case of an outbreak of rabies, constituting an emergency situation, the mayor shall be authorized to impose strict regulations pertaining to animals within the city limits.