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(b) It sbal! be unlsw£ul for any dog owner to fail to prd~vide tile dog with e esl.lot or harness to which a current tag ~saued under this s~ctlon 1~ securely attached. The collar or harness, wlth attached tag, mu~t be ~ora at ail tin:es, except as provided by Article I, Section 12(d) of this ordinance. (c) It shall be unlawful for any person to u~e for an~ animal , rabies inoculation tag issued for an animal other than the one using ~he tag.. Sec. ~ Evidence of inoculation of Ca~~, ~ Cats shall not be required to wear t~e m*talllc tag referred to in sectl~n 3 of this article, but the o~er of a cat shall maintain the ~abie~ vaccination certificates as written evidence to prove that the cat has ~a current rabies inoculation. Sec. 5. _Report ned coofinement of animals blttn~ pore_oas or show_lng symptoms of rabies · (a) Every dog or cat which has bitten any person or which shows sympronls of rabies shall be confined immediately and shall be promptl~ reported to Animal Control Department, and thereupon shall be securely qu~rantined, st tile direction of the Anlmal. Control Bepartment. for a period df t~n (10) days, and shall not be released from such quarantine except by written pc?missies from the AeJmal Control Department, {b) Dogs and cate quaraotined under this settles sball*,be coufined In a veterinary hospital, b~arding keunel, or canary animal shelte.r, at the expose-'. of the owner; provided, however, that if as animal control officer determines that the owner of an animal which must be quarantined has adequate confinement facilities upon Ilia own premises, the animal control officer shall authorize tbs animal to be coufined on such premises. Tile animal control officer may not autborlze tile animal to be confi~led on the owner's premises unless tile owner bas a fenced-in area in his yard and the fenced-in area bas no entrances or exil:s that are not loc~ed, and tile animal is currently vaccinated against rabies. tbs suimal is conflned on the owner's premises, the animal control officer shall revisi~ the premises for inspection purposes at approximately tile middle of the coofinement period and again at the conclusion of the confinement period. (c) In the ease of stray dogs or cats whose ownership ls not known, the dogs or cats may be euthanized and the head examioed 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 or cat is quarantined under tills section, the dog or cat may be released from quarantine with the written permission of the ~nimal Control Department, If the dog or bas been confined in the courtly animal shelter, the owner shall pay a l-es determined by resolution of ~be Board of County Commissioners for each da5' ef coufinement to defray the cost of feeding, open reclaiming tbs animal, shall be available for public inspec[ion in the office of the Clerk to tbs Boar~ ~{.~,~ of County Commissioners and Cabarrus Couoty Animal Shelter.