[Adopted 5-14-1990 by Ord. No. 5-90 (Ch.
61, Art. III of the 1990 Code)]
A.
Vaccination requirement. No person shall own, keep,
harbor or maintain any cat which has attained the age of seven months
or which possesses a set of permanent teeth within the Township of
Harding, unless such cat is vaccinated. The provisions of this section
do not apply to cats held by a state or federal licensed research
facility or a veterinary establishment where cats are received or
kept for diagnostic, medical, surgical or other treatments or licensed
animal shelters, pounds, kennels or pet shops.
B.
Vaccination. All cats shall be vaccinated against rabies by a licensed veterinarian in accordance with the latest Compendium of Animal Rabies Vaccines and Recommendations for immunization published by the National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians, except as provided for in Subsection D.
C.
Vaccination certificate. A certificate of vaccination
shall be issued to the person owning, keeping or harboring each cat
vaccinated on a form recommended by the state. Such certificate shall
be retained by the person owning, keeping or harboring each cat for
as long as the cat remains in the possession of such person, and said
certificate shall be shown on the demand of the Harding Township Police
Department or Harding Township Board of Health.
D.
Exemptions. Any cat may be exempted from the requirements
of such vaccination for a specified period of time by the animal control
authority, upon presentation of a veterinarian's certificate stating
that, because of an infirmity or other physical conditions or regimen
of therapy, the inoculation of such cat shall be deemed inadvisable.
[Amended 8-13-2003 by Ord. No. 17-03]
Any person who violates or fails or refuses to comply with the provisions of this article shall be liable to a penalty as provided in § 1-3, General penalty, of the Code of the Township of Harding.
This article shall take effect on July 1, 1990.
