ARTICLE 2: HUMANE AND ETHICAL ANIMAL RULES AND TREATMENT

Editor's note: Pursuant to Enactment O-2006-029 (Ordinance 29-2006), this Article takes effect on October 10, 2006.

Section

Part 1: General Provisions

   9-2-1-1   Short title

   9-2-1-2   Findings

   9-2-1-3   Legislative purpose and intent

   9-2-1-4   Definitions

   9-2-1-5   Administration

   9-2-1-6   Perjury

   9-2-1-7   No private cause of action

   9-2-1-8   Exemption for zoo and aquarium

Part 2: Care, Maintenance, Housing, Restraint and Transportation Standards

   9-2-2-1   Required care and maintenance for mammals and birds kept on residential property

   9-2-2-2   Housing and restraint standards for mammals and birds kept on residential property

   9-2-2-3   Required care and maintenance for mammals and birds kept at boarding kennels, guard dog sites, animal shelters including the Albuquerque Animal Care Center and pet stores (non-residential sites)

   9-2-2-4   Housing and restraint standards for mammals and birds kept at boarding kennels, guard dog sites, animal shelters including the Albuquerque Animal Care Center (AACC) and pet stores (non-residential sites)

   9-2-2-5   Standards for grooming parlors and doggie day care facilities

   9-2-2-6   Transporting animals in vehicles

Part 3: Required License and Permits

   9-2-3-1   Required Albuquerque companion pet microchip

   9-2-3-2   Permits: General provisions

   9-2-3-3   Permit holders: General duties and requirements

   9-2-3-4   Permit renewals

   9-2-3-5   Permit applications

   9-2-3-6   Intact Companion Animal Permit or ICAP

   9-2-3-7   Companion animal litter permit

   9-2-3-8   Multiple Companion Animal Site Permit or MCASP

   9-2-3-9   Permissible Exotic or Wild Animal Collection Permit or EWACP

   9-2-3-10   Guard Dog Site Permit or GDSP

   9-2-3-11   Animal Service Provider Permit or ASPP

   9-2-3-12   Pet Store Permit or PSP

   9-2-3-13   Trolley Permit

   9-2-3-14   Animal-Drawn Vehicle Permit or ADVP

   9-2-3-15   Hobby breeder permits

   9-2-3-16   HEART Ordinance Fund and permit fees

Part 4: Prohibited Activities

   9-2-4-1   Cruelty to animals

   9-2-4-2   Specific activities that constitute cruelty to an animal

   9-2-4-3   Animal limits and restrictions

   9-2-4-4   Sale or gift of an animal

   9-2-4-5   Animal racing

   9-2-4-6   Improper disposal of animals

   9-2-4-7   Animal noise

   9-2-4-8   Animal fights

Part 5: Lost and Found Animals

   9-2-5-1   Lost and found companion animals

Part 6: Rabies

   9-2-6-1   Rabies

Part 7: Administrative Hearings and Penalties

   9-2-7-1   Inspections and hearing process

Part 8: Safe-haven 

   9-2-8-1   Creation of safe-haven