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0 n90K 10 3S1 0 Sec. 4. Report and confinement of animals biting persons or showing symptoms of rabies. (a) Every dog which has bitten any person or which shows symptoms of rabies shall be confined immediately and shall be promptly reported to the Animal Control Section, and thereupon shall be securely quarantined, at the direction of the Animal Control Section, for a period of ten (10) days, and shall not be released from such quarantine except by written permission from the Animal Control Section. (b) Dogs quarantined under this section shall be confined in a veterinary hospital, boarding kennel, or county animal shelter, at the expense of the owner; prbvided, however, that if an animal control officer determines that the owner of an animal which must be quarantined has adequate confinement facilities upon his own premises, the animal control officer shall authorize the animal to be confined on such premises. The animal control officer may not authorize the animal to be confined on the owner's premises unless the owner has a fenced-in area in his yard and the fenced-in area has no entrances or exits that are not locked, and the animal is currently vaccinated against rabies and has a current license tag. If the animal is confined on the owner's premises, the animal control officer shall revisit the premises for inspection purposes at approximately the middle of the confinement period and again at the conclusion of the confinement period. (c) In the case of stray dogs whose ownership is not known, the dogs may be euthanized and the head examined for rabies or kept for the supervised quarantine period required by this section at the county animal shelter. (d) If rabies does not develop within ten (10) days after a dog is quarantined under this section, the dog may be released from quarantine with the written permission of the Animal Control Section. If the dog has been confined in the county animal shelter, the owner shall pay a fee determined by resolution of the Board of County Commissioners for each day of confinement to defray the cost of feeding, upon reclaiming the animal. Fees shall be available for public inspection in the office of the County Manager and the Lee County Animal Shelter. (e) In the case of any carnivore or bat the animal may be euthanized and the head examined for rabies. Sec. 5. Destruction or confinement of animal bitten by rabid animal. Animals bitten by a known rabid animal shall be immediately destroyed, unless the owner agrees to strict isolation of the animal in an animal shelter, boarding kennel, or at a veterinary hospital for a period of six (6) months; if the animal has a current rabies inoculation, it shall be revaccinated and returned to the owner. Sec. 6. Area-wide emergency quarantine. (a) When reports indicate a positive diagnosis of rabies, the District Director of Public Health may order an area-wide quarantine for such period