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502 . 09 - WILD OR VICIOUS ANIMALS PROHIBITED <br /> • <br /> No person shall keep or allow to be kept any place in the City any <br /> vicious animal, as defined in Section 502 . 00, or any animal which <br /> is wild by nature . <br /> 502 .10 - ANIMALS BITING HUMAN BEINGS <br /> 1 . Whenever an owner within the limits of the City shall learn <br /> that his or her animal has bitten a human being, such person shall <br /> immediately confine the said animal in a place where it cannot <br /> escape or have access to any human being or other animal . A <br /> report of the incident shall immediately be made by the owner to <br /> the Elk River Police Department. The person bitten, or his or her <br /> parent or guardian, may also notify the Elk River <br /> Police Department. <br /> 2 . Whenever the said officer of the Police Department shall learn <br /> that a human being has been bitten by any animal, said officer <br /> shall ascertain the identity of the animal and the person owning, <br /> harboring, or possessing it and shall immediately direct such <br /> person to confine such animal as deemed appropriate by the <br /> officer. <br /> A. Any animal so ordered confined shall be confined as so • <br /> directed for a period of at least ten (10) days, kept apart <br /> from other animals . <br /> B. Upon expiration of said ten (10) days, if it is <br /> determined the animal does not have a disease which might <br /> have been transmitted by such bite, the animal may then be <br /> released. <br /> 502 .11 - CONFINEMENT OF ANIMALS WITH HISTORY OF BITING <br /> Every animal that has a history of biting a human or any domestic <br /> animal shall be confined by the owner within a building or secure, <br /> covered enclosure. Such animal shall not be taken out of such <br /> building or secure, covered enclosure unless muzzled and on a <br /> leash. <br /> 502 .12 - DOGS ON LEASH <br /> The restriction imposed by Section 502 . 08 shall not prohibit the <br /> appearance of a dog upon the streets or other public place when <br /> such dog is on a leash or under restraint, except a female dog in <br /> season. <br /> • <br /> 5.10 <br />