Alameda Municipal Code § 7-11 Diseased Animals; Rabies

Whenever it is shown that any dog or other animal has bitten any person or animals or exhibits evidence of rabies, no owner or person having custody or possession thereof, upon order of the Alameda County Health Officer, shall fail, refuse or neglect to quarantine such animal and keep it tied up or confined for a period of ten (10) days in the case of cats and dogs, or fourteen (14) days in the case of other animals, or shall fail, refuse or neglect to allow the Alameda County Health Officer or his/her deputies to make an inspection or examination thereof at any time during such period. No such dog or animal shall be removed or released during the quarantine period without written permission of the Health Officer or his/her deputies.

Unless otherwise specified by the Health Officer, such animals shall be confined in the City animal shelter or a veterinary hospital at the owner's expense.

(Ord. No. 2747 N.S. 3)

It shall be the responsibility of any person owning, harboring or maintaining any animal which has bitten or otherwise attacked any person or animal or which has been exposed to a rabid or suspected rabid animal to furnish proof of rabies vaccination and applicable license documents to any Animal Control Officer or Police Officer upon demand.

(Ord. No. 2747 N.S. 3)

Depending on the background circumstances, the head of an animal dying while under isolation shall, upon order of the County Health Officer, be submitted to the laboratory of the Alameda County Health Care Services Agency for an examination for rabies.

(Ord. No. 2747 N.S. 3)

Whenever the owner or person having the custody or possession of any animal shall observe or learn of rabies, or has acted in a manner which would lead a reasonable man to a suspicion that it might have rabies, such owner or person having custody or possession of such animal shall immediately notify the Health Officer or his/her representative, and shall allow the Health Officer or his/her representative to make an inspection or examination of such animal, and to quarantine such animal until it shall be established to the satisfaction of the Official that such animal has or has not rabies.

(Ord. No. 2747 N.S. 3)

Whenever any person having charge, care, control, custody, or possession of any animal has knowledge that such animal has bitten any person, the person having charge, care, control, custody, or possession of such animal shall report such fact to the Supervising Animal Control Officer. The report shall state the name and address of the person bitten, and the time and place where such person was bitten, and any other information so requested by the Supervising Animal Control Officer. A copy of the report shall be forwarded to the Alameda County Health Officer within forty-eight (48) hours.

(Ord. No. 2747 N.S. 3)

Whenever any person having charge, care, control, custody, or possession of any animal of a species subject to rabies has knowledge that such animal has been bitten by a known rabid or suspected rabid animal or has been in intimate contact with a rabid or suspected rabid animal, the person having charge, care, control, custody or possession of such animal shall report such fact to the Supervising Animal Control Officer. The report shall give a description of the animal bitten as well as the biting animal and the time and place the animal was bitten, as well as other information requested by the Supervising Animal Control Officer. A copy of the report shall be forwarded to the Alameda County Health Officer within forty-eight (48) hours. Upon learning that his/her animal has been bitten by a known rabid animal or suspected rabid animal, no owner or person having custody or possession of the bitten animal upon order of the Alameda County Health Officer shall fail, refuse or neglect to quarantine the animal in a place and manner approved by the Health Officer or his/her deputies for a period of six (6) months or destroy the animal with the following exception in the case of dogs and cats. If the dog or cat has been vaccinated against rabies within two (2) years but not less than thirty (30) days, the dog or cat may be revaccinated in a manner prescribed by the County Health Officer and quarantined in a place and manner approved by the County Health Officer for a period of thirty (30) days. The County Health Officer or his/her deputies shall be allowed to make an inspection or examination thereof at any time during the quarantine period. No such animal shall be removed or released during the quarantine period without written permission of the Health Officer or his/her deputies. Unless otherwise specified by the Health Officer, such animal shall be confined in the Animal Shelter or a veterinary hospital at the owner's expense.

(Ord. No. 2747 N.S. 3)

No person shall bring a dog into the City from any part of any country in which rabies has been known to exist within six (6) months previously, except upon the written permission of the City Health Officer, and such permission is to be granted only if the Health Officer is convinced that the dog, whenever in this City during a subsequent period of six (6) months, will be confined or muzzled.

(Ord. No. 2747 N.S. 3)