Monrovia Municipal Code Ch. 6.24 Animal Quarantine

(A) Whenever it is shown that any dog or other animal has bitten any person or animal, or exhibits evidence of rabies, no owner or person having custody or possession thereof, upon order of the Animal Control Officer or of the Health Officer, shall fail, refuse or neglect to quarantine the animal and keep it tied up or confined for a period of 15 days, or shall fail, refuse or neglect to allow the Animal Control Officer or the Health Officer or their deputies to make an inspection or examination thereof at any time during such period.

(B) No such dog or animal shall be removed or released during the quarantine period without the written permission of the Animal Control Officer or the Health Officer or their deputies.

(C) Unless otherwise specified by the Animal Control Officer or the Health Officer, such animals shall be confined in a pound or shelter or a veterinary hospital at the owner's expense.

(`83 Code, § 6.24.010)

An animal dying while under isolation in quarantine shall be submitted to the laboratory of the County Health Department for examination for rabies.

(`83 Code, § 6.24.020)

Whenever any person owning or having charge, care, control, custody or possession of any animal has knowledge that such animal has bitten any person, the person owning or having charge, care, control, custody, or possession of such animal shall report said fact forthwith to the Animal Control Officer. The report shall state the name and address of such person bitten, and any other information so requested by the Animal Control Officer.

(`83 Code, § 6.24.030)

(A) Whenever any animal shall be bitten by another animal having rabies, or a bitten animal shows any symptoms of rabies, the owner or person having possession of the bitten animal shall immediately notify the Animal Control Officer or the Health Officer, and confine the animal, and keep it confined until it is established to the satisfaction of the Health Officer that it does not have rabies.

(B) The Health Officer shall have the authority to quarantine any such animal, or impound it at the owner's expense if the owner or person having control thereof shall fail to confine such animal immediately, or in case the owner or person having possession thereof is not readily accessible.

(`83 Code, § 6.24.040)

If it shall appear to the Animal Control Officer or to the Health Officer that any dog or other animal has rabies, he may destroy such animal forthwith, or hold such animal for such further examination for such time as he may consider advisable.

(`83 Code, § 6.24.050)