If a local board of health receives information that an animal has bitten a person or that a dog or animal is suspected of having rabies, the board shall order the owner to confine such animal in the manner itdirects. If the owner fails to confine such animal in the manner directed, the animal shall be apprehended and impounded by such board, and after ten days the board may humanely destroy the animal. Ifsuch animal is returned to its owner, the owner shall pay the cost of impoundment. This section shall not apply ifa police service dog or a horse used by a law enforcement agency and acting in the performance of itsduties has bitten a person.
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