6.08.020 Duty of Owner, Custodian and Health Officer.
A. It shall be the duty of the owner and/or custodian of any dog or cat within the County to quarantine any dog or cat within the County which he has grounds to suspect of being infected with the disease of rabies or hydrophobia.
B. If the Health Officer:
1. Has grounds to suspect that any dog or cat running at large in the County is infected with rabies or hydrophobia; and
2. Has notice that said dog or cat’s owner or custodian cannot be determined; and
3. Is able to locate and confine said animal; the Health Officer shall quarantine the animal as provided in this Chapter.
C. The biting of a human being by a dog or cat causing penetration of the skin by the animal’s teeth is specifically declared a ground for suspecting that such animal is so infected.