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4.405 Uses of ~atchdo . Any business using a watchdog shall conspicu- ously post the premises to warn the public of the watchdog. The dog shall not be allowed access to the public that is on the property Burin g business hours. If the dog is used outside of a building, the property shall be fenced in away to prohibit the dog access to any public right-of-way and other property. 4.410 Rae ort~,nc~o,f Bi ti~cn ,, Animals. The owner of an animal suscepti b1 e to rabies which b~~tes a human being shall immediately notify the ani- mal regulation authority or the Lane County Health Officer of such bite, the time and circumstances of such bite and the name and address of the person bitten, if known. 4.415 Bitin and Rabid Animals - Quarantine. ~1~ when the animal regulation authority, Eugene Police Department, or the departments of public health and human services or public safety of Lane County has grounds to suspect that an animal is infected with the dis- ease of rabies, there shall be delivered to the owner of the animal a written notice thereof. The animal shall thereupon be quarantined at the owner's expense as provided by state law. The biting of any person by the animal shall constitute adequate grounds for suspecting the animal to be so infected. The delivery of the notice to a member of the owner's family 15 years of a e or older at the remises where g p the animal ~s kept or at the owner's usual place of abode, shall be delivery of notice to the owner. ~2~ Any animal that has been bitten by another animal proved to be rabid shall be destroyed. 43~ If.an animal exhibits symptoms of rabies while it is under quarantine, the director of the department of health and human services for Lane County may order in writing that it be destroyed and its head be sub- mitted as directed to the Oregon State Public Health Laboratory. 4.40 Sick or Injured Animals. ~1} Any sick or injured animal found by a peace officer ar animal control officer off the premises of its owner shall be delivered to its owner if it is feasible to do so. Any such animal for which the owner is either unknown or cannot be reached after reasonable attempts to do sa ma be delivered b the animal re ~ .y f y gulat~on authority to a veterinarian for medical treatment if the animal regulation authority reasonably believes that such treatment is necessary. The veterinarian shall determine whether the animal is sv severely injured or incurably crippled that the humane thin to do would be to destro t ~ g y he animal. If a determination ~s made to destroy the animal, the animal may be destroyed immediately. If the veterinarian deter- mines treatment should be given, such treatment may be given; ravided how- ever the anim ~ p, ~ ' al may be destroyed ~ f not cl a~ med by ~ is owner w~ th ~ n 7~ hours after being delivered to the veterinarian, ~2~ Any peace officer or animal control officer may humanely des- troy any animal too severely injured to move and not on the property of its owner, when the owner is either unknown or cannot be reached after reasonable attempts to do sa. Ordinance - 11