[Adopted as § 8.07 of the 2011 Code]
A.
The owner of a dog more than five months of age on January 1 of any
year, or five months of age within the license year, shall annually,
on or before the date the dog becomes five months of age, pay the
dog license tax and obtain a license.
B.
Lakeland Animal Welfare Society, Inc. and its authorized employees
are hereby designated as collecting officials under § 174.065,
Wis. Stats., with full authority to issue dog licenses and collar
tags pursuant to § 174.07, Wis. Stats.
Application for a dog license shall be made to the Treasurer
or other proper officer of the Village and shall be accompanied by
the proper fee. Application forms shall be provided and shall include:
A.
The full name, address and telephone number of the applicant.
B.
A complete description of the dog to be licensed.
C.
Required fee.
D.
If the dog is altered, written proof thereof signed by a veterinarian.
E.
A certificate of rabies vaccination issued by a licensed veterinarian,
and no license shall be issued for any dog unless such inoculation
certificate bears a date within one year prior to the date of application
for license.
A special instance license may be issued for a dog under five
months of age at the time application is made or for a dog which cannot
be altered.
[Amended 3-19-2012 by Ord. No. 3-12; at time of adoption of Code (see
Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
A dog license fee shall be paid by the applicant according to
the schedule established by resolution of the Village Board. The current
schedule is on file with the Village Clerk.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
Any person purchasing a dog license for a dog five months of
age or over after April 1 shall pay an additional late fee as provided
in the Village Fee Schedule.
The owner shall securely attach the license and rabies vaccination
tags to a collar which shall be kept on the dog for which the license
is issued at all times. This requirement does not apply to a show
dog during competition, to a dog securely confined indoors or to a
dog securely confined in a fenced area. A dog without tags attached
to its collar shall be presumed to be unlicensed.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
The owner of a dog shall have the dog vaccinated against rabies
by a veterinarian at no later than five months of age and revaccinated
within one year after the initial vaccination. If the owner obtains
the dog or brings the dog into this state after the dog has reached
five months of age, the owner shall have the dog vaccinated against
rabies within 30 days after the dog is obtained or brought into the
state, unless the dog has been vaccinated as evidenced by a current
certificate of rabies vaccination from this state or another state.
The owner of a dog shall have the dog vaccinated against rabies by
a veterinarian before the date that the immunization expires as stated
on the certificate of vaccination or, if no date is specified, within
three years after the previous vaccination.
A.
Quarantine or sacrifice of dog or cat suspected of biting a person
or being infected or exposed to rabies. An officer may order a dog
or cat quarantined if the officer has reason to believe that the animal
bit a person is infected with rabies or has been in contact with a
rabid animal. If a quarantine cannot be imposed because the dog or
cat cannot be captured, the officer may kill the animal. The officer
may kill a dog or cat only as a last resort or if the owner agrees.
The officer shall attempt to kill the animal in a humane manner and
in a manner which avoids damage to the animal's head.
B.
Delivery to isolation facility or quarantine on premises of owner.
An officer who orders a dog or cat to be quarantined shall deliver
the animal or shall order the animal delivered to an isolation facility
as soon as possible but no later than 24 hours after the original
order is issued, or the officer may order the animal to be quarantined
on the premises of the owner if the animal is immunized currently
against rabies as evidenced by a valid certificate of rabies vaccination
or other evidence.
C.
Ten-day observation period. The custodian of an isolation facility
or the owner shall keep a dog or cat which is ordered to be quarantined
in strict isolation under the supervision of a veterinarian for at
least 10 days. Supervision of a veterinarian includes, at a minimum,
examination of the animal on the first day, on the 10th day and on
one intervening day. If the observation period is not extended and
if the veterinarian certifies that the dog or cat has not exhibited
any symptoms of rabies, the animal may be released from quarantine
at the end of the ten-day observation period.
D.
Extended observation period for a dog or cat exposed to a rabid animal.
If a dog or cat is suspected to have been in contact with a rabid
animal, the observation period may be extended unless the owner agrees
to have the animal killed. If the dog or cat is not currently immunized
against rabies, the officer may order the owner to keep the animal
in strict isolation for an additional 170 days and the owner shall
have the animal vaccinated against rabies between 145 days and 155
days after the beginning of the original observation period. If the
dog or cat was immunized against rabies, the officer may order the
owner to have the animal revaccinated as soon as possible and to keep
the animal leashed or confined for an additional 60 days. If a veterinarian
certifies that the dog or cat has not exhibited any symptoms of rabies
during the extended observation period, the animal may be released
from quarantine at the end of that period.
E.
Sacrifice of a dog or cat exhibiting symptoms of rabies. If a veterinarian
determines that a dog or cat exhibits symptoms of rabies during the
original or extended observation period, the veterinarian shall notify
the owner and the officer who ordered the animal quarantined, and
the officer or veterinarian shall kill the animal in a humane manner
and in a manner which avoids damage to the animal's head. If the dog
or cat is suspected to have bitten a person, the veterinarian shall
notify the person or the person's physician.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
Every owner or person harboring or keeping a dog or cat who
knows that such dog or cat has bitten any person shall immediately
report such fact to the County Health Officer and the Police Department
and shall keep such dog or cat confined as the Health Officer or Police
Department shall direct.
No person shall own, harbor or keep any dog which:
A.
Failure to obtain rabies vaccination. An owner who fails to have
a dog vaccinated against rabies as required by this article may be
required to forfeit not less than $50 nor more than $100.
B.
Refusal to comply with order for quarantine. An owner who refuses
to comply with an order issued under this article to deliver an animal
to an officer, isolation facility or veterinarian, or who does not
comply with the conditions of an order that an animal be quarantined,
may be required to forfeit not less than $100 nor more than $1,000,
and in default of payment, shall be imprisoned in the county jail
until payment thereof, but not exceeding 60 days.
C.
Other violations. A person who violates any provision of this article not specified under Subsections A and B may be required, upon conviction thereof, to forfeit not less than $25 nor more than $200 together with the cost of prosecution and in default of payment shall be imprisoned in the county jail until payment thereof, but not exceeding 30 days.
