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great bodily harm on a hwnan being on public or private property without provocation; (ii) inflicted multiple bites on a human on public or private property without provocation; (iii) bit multiple human victims on public or private property in the same attack without provocation; or (iv) bit a human on public or private property without provocation in an attack whore more than one dog participated in the attack may be destroyed in a proper and humane mariner by the Animal Control Authority. 110].180. QUARANTINE OF ANIMAI. Wl-IICId T-TAS I3IT'I'EN A PERSON AND DIS"f1tUCTION OF RABID ANIMALS (A) Any dog or cat that has bitten a person and caused an abrasion or puncture of the skin shall immediately be quarantined for a minimum of ten (10) days. Such an animal may be confined by the owner or other responsible person as required by the Animal Control Authority, if the dog or cat has a current rabies certification. If such animal does not have a current rabies certification, the animal shall be quarantined in an animal control facility obtained by the Animal Conu•ol Authority. When the dog or animal is quarantined as stated above, it shall be at the owner's expense. A quarantine report must be completed by the Animal Control Authority or a licensed veterinaz•ian which must, at the end of the quarantine period, detail the disposition of the dog. Stray animals that have bitten a person shall be quarantined through the Animal Control Authority. (B) No law enforcement officer or other persons shall kill, or cause to be killed, any domestic animal suspected of being rabid, except after the domestic animal has been placed in a quarantine and visibility of the clinical signs of rabies are made by a qualified veterinarian. 1101.190. CLEANING UP LI'f"I•ER. (A) The owner of any dog or cat or any person having the custody or control of any dog or cat shall be responsible for cleaning up any feces of the animal and disposing of such feces in a sanitary manner. (B) It is unlawful for any person owning, keeping or harboriarg a dog or cat to cause or permit said dog to be on property, public or private, not owned or possessed by such person without having inhis/her immediate possession a device for the removal of feces and depository for the transmission of excrement to a proper receptacle located on the property owned or possessed by such person. (C) It is unlawful for any person in control of, causing or permitting any dog or cat to be on any property, public or private, not owned or possessed by such person [o fail to remove feces left by such dog to a proper receptacle located on property owned or possessed by such person. 1101-14 15