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It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person to take or attempt to take from any officer any animal taken up by the officer in compliance with §95.07 et seq. or in any manner to interfere with or hinder the officer in the discharge of official duties under §95.07 et seq. § 95.15 Investigation Any agent of the Council may enter the premises where any animal is kept in a reportedly cruel or inhumane manner, after obtaining required warrant or legal consent, and demand to examine the animal and to take possession of the animal when in the agent's opinion it requires humane treatment. § 95.16 Quarantine A. Whenever any person owning, possessing, or harboring any dog within the corporate limits of the city shall learn that the dog has bitten. any human being, the person shall immediately impound the dog in a place of confinement where it cannot escape or have access to any human being or other animal. The person shall also immediately notify either the Animal Control Officer or Agency, who shall ascertain the identity of the dog and the person owning, possessing, or harboring it. The Officer or Agency shall immediately direct the person to impound the dog as required. Any dog so impounded shall be kept continuously confined for a period of 10 days from the day the dog bit a human being. The person owning, possessing, or harboring the dog shall also notify the Minnesota Department of Health Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division. B. Upon learning that a dog has bitten a human being, the City shall immediately notify the Animal Control Officer and inform Animal Control Officer of the place where the dog is impounded. If the animal is current on its rabies vaccination with proof provided by a rabies certificate, then the animal is safe to be quarantined in the owner's home. If no proof of a current rabies vaccine is able to be provided the animal must be impounded at the current impound facility. When an animal is impounded at home, the animal should be required to be inspected by a licensed veterinarian at the beginning of the rabies quarantine and at the end of the rabies quarantine. The Animal Control Officer will inspect the animal as needed during the 10 day quarantine only when the animal is kept in the home of the owner. For this purpose, the Animal Control Officer shall have access to the premises where the dog is kept at all reasonable hours and may take possession of the dog and confine it in. a suitable place at the expense of the owner. In the circumstance that the animal is impounded at the impound facility it is the duty of the licensed veterinarian on staff to inspect the animal during the rabies quarantine. C. The owner or person in possession or harboring the dog shall immediately notify the Animal Control Officer of any evidence of sickness or disease in the dog during its period of confinement. In the case that an animal dies during this period when the animal is kept in the owner's home, the animal. is to be brought to the impound facility where it will. then be transported to the U of MN for diagnostic testing. If the animal dies while being impounded at the impound facility, then the impound facility will be responsible for diagnostic rabies testing. D. In the case that the owner of the animal that has bitten does not have a current rabies vaccine and it is Impounded at the impound facility, and if the owner decides not to K,