7.24.060 Rabid animals.
A. Notification of Chief Animal Care and Regulation Officer. When a domestic or domesticated animal under a supervised quarantine, other than at the animal shelter, is diagnosed or tentatively diagnosed as rabid, the chief animal care and regulation officer shall be notified immediately.
B. Confirmation of Diagnosis. If a domestic or domesticated animal is rabid or tentatively diagnosed as rabid, the chief animal care and regulation officer may take any action necessary including, but not limited to, immediate euthanasia and the removal of tissue samples from the domestic or domesticated animal to confirm the diagnosis of rabies.
C. Destruction of Animals. Destruction of animals shall be as follows:
1. No person except an authorized agent of the state of Alaska, the chief animal care and regulation officer, any police officer, a licensed veterinarian, or any individual who has a reasonable objective belief that the animal is rabid may kill or cause to be killed any domestic or domesticated animal which is rabid or may be rabid.
2. Any domestic or domesticated animal diagnosed or tentatively diagnosed as rabid by an Alaska licensed veterinarian shall be destroyed immediately.
D. Disposition of Rabid Animal. Disposition of rabid animals shall be as follows:
1. A person shall not fail or refuse to surrender a domestic or domesticated animal which is rabid or suspected of having rabies or has been directly exposed to a rabid animal, including the carcass or portion of the carcass.
2. The chief animal care and regulation officer shall dispose of any dead domestic or domesticated animal, or portions of the animal, which is diagnosed as rabid or is suspected of being rabid.
E. Violation. Violation of subsection (A), (C)(1) and (C)(2) or (D)(1) of this section is an infraction. (Ord. 09-69(AM) § 8, 2009; prior code § 12.20.060)