(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to set, use or maintain any leghold trap or similar device which is spring activated and which trap is composed of saw-toothed, spiked or toothed jaws or any other leghold trap capable of inflicting excruciating pain to trapped animals.
(B) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the sale, transfer, possession, setting or use in or under buildings or otherwise, of standard household mouse or rat traps for the purpose of controlling mice, rats and rodents. Nor shall this section apply to the possession or use of traps for display or exhibition purposes by not-for-profit organizations or to a person in the act of turning over possession of traps prohibited in division (A) above to a local law enforcement agency or to any animal welfare agency.
(C) Conviction under this section shall result in the confiscation of all equipment, animals and pelts used in, or obtained by reason of, violation of this section.
(Prior Code, § 90.104) (Ord. 2017-005, passed 2-27-2017) Penalty, see § 10.99