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 Lowell
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 6. ANIMALS
 Article II. DOGS AND CATS

  § 6-36. Quarantine after bite.  

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  • (a)

    Upon the request of any person who has been bitten by a dog or other animal within the corporate limits of the city (or by a parent or legal guardian of a person bitten who is under a disability), the animal welfare officer shall take such dog or animal, or a plurality of same if they are reasonably suspected of the biting, into custody and confine and quarantine same under the supervision of a licensed veterinarian, who shall keep such dog or animal in quarantine until he shall issue his certificate that the veterinarian has complied with the observation provisions of Section 3 of Act 11, First Extraordinary Session of the 1968 Arkansas General Assembly, Rabies Control Act (A.C.A. § 20-19-307); and the dog or other animal appears to be free of infection of rabies (hydrophobia).

    (b)

    Any dog or other animal having rabies or symptoms thereof, or suspected of having rabies, or which has been exposed to rabies shall be immediately released by the owner or custodian of such dog or animal to the animal welfare officer and the animal welfare officer shall confine such dog or animal in quarantine as provided for in section 6-35.

    (c)

    When the licensed veterinarian supervising the quarantine of any dog or other animal quarantined shall issue the certificate provided for in this section, the owner of such dog or animal may retake custody of it upon tender to such veterinarian or the city animal welfare officer of their customary and reasonable fees and charges for impounding, boarding, lodging, observation and testing; except a person who is bitten by an animal while baiting, teasing, or molesting said animal or while trespassing on the premises of the owner or keeper of said animal shall pay all customary and reasonable charges and fees resulting from his request to have said animal confined and quarantined.

    (d)

    If any dog or other animal confined under this section is not reclaimed by its owner, such dog or animal shall be released by the veterinarian to the animal welfare officer who shall treat such dog or animal as one found running at large within the corporate limits of the city.

(Code 1992, § 4-39; Ord. No. 668, § 1, 4-20-2004; Ord. No. 863, § 1, 11-3-2009)