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(b) It shall be unlawful for ally dog owner to faS1 to provide the dog w~t:b attached. Tho collar or harness, with attached tag, must bc worn st all t~mes, except as provided by Article I, Section 12(d) of tb~s ordinaoco. (c) It shall be unlawfu} for any person to use for say animal a rabies inoculation tag issued for an animal other than the one using the tag. Sec. 4. Evidence of inoculation of cats. Cats shall not he reqni~ed ~o wear the metallic tag re[erred to in section 3 of this article, but tbs owaer of a cat shall maintain tile rabies vaccination certificates as written evidence to prove tbst tile cat bas a current rabies inoculation. Sec. 5. ~ and confinement of animals biting persoes or showih~f_~.~toms of rabies. (a) Every dog or cat whlcb has bitten any persoe or wbJch shows symptoms of rabies shall be confined immediately aad sbal] be promptly reported to tDe Animal Control Department, and thereupon shall be securely quarantined, at the direction of the Anlma] Control Department, for a period of ten (~0) days, sad shall not be released from such quarantine except by writcee permission from the Animal Control Department. (b) Dogs and cats quaraetined ander this section sha]] be coofined veterinary hospital, boarding kennel, or cousty aoJmal shelter, at the expense of the owner; provided~ however, that if an animal control officer determines that the owner of an animal which must be quarantined bas mdeqaate confinement facilities upon his own premises, the animal control officer shall authorize tDe animul to be confined on such premise~. The animal control officer may not authorize the animal to be confiaed on the owner's premises unless the owner has a fenced-in area in bis yard aed the feaced-~n area has ao eatrances or ex,ts that are not locked, and the animal is currently vacclnated against rub~es. If the an~msl is confined on the owner's premises, the animal contro~ officer shall revisit the premises for iaspection purposes at approximately the m~dd]e of the eonfinement period and again at the conclusion of the confinement period. (c) In the case of stray dogs or cats whose ownership Js oot known, the dogs or cats may be eutbanized and the head examJaed for rabies or kept for the supervised quarantine period required by this section at the county shelter. (d) If rabies does eot develop within ten (10) days after e dog or cat quarantined under this section, tbe dog or eat may be released from quarantine with the written permission of the Asimal Control Department. If the dog or cat bas been confined in the county animal shelter, the owner sba]] pay a fee determined by resolution of the Doard of County Commission%ers for each day confinement to defray the cost of feeding, upon reclaiming the animal. Fees shall be available for poblic inspection in the office of the Clark to tbe Board of County Co~issio~ters and Cabarets County Animal Shelter.