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It shall be unlawful for any person to tether any fowl. Fowl used in the training or demonstration of hunting dogs are exempt from this provision.
(Ord. passed 10-6-2008) Penalty, see § 90.999
If any person, firm, or corporation shall sell, or offer for sale, barter, or give away as premiums, living baby chicks, ducklings, or other fowl or rabbits under eight weeks of age as pets or novelties, the person, firm, or corporation shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor, pursuant to G.S. § 14-363.1. However, this section shall not be construed to prohibit the sale of non-domesticated species of chicks, ducklings, or other fowl, or of other fowl from proper brooder facilities by hatcheries or stores engaged in the business of selling them for purposes other than for pets or novelties.
(Ord. passed 10-6-2008)
It shall be unlawful to color, dye, stain, or otherwise change the natural color of baby chickens, other fowl, or rabbits.
(Ord. passed 10-6-2008) Penalty, see § 90.999
(A) (1) It shall be unlawful to set traps such as leg hold, soft leg hold, offset leg hold, conibear, and spring wire traps within a residential community or within 1,000 feet of a rural residence where domestic animals might run loose, without the permission of the property owner.
(2) The owner of the trap shall have his or her name and contact information permanently affixed to the trap.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully set a trap for the sole purpose of trapping domestic animals (dogs, cats, puppies, kittens) with the exception of live, humane traps.
(Ord. passed 10-6-2008) Penalty, see § 90.999
It shall be unlawful for any person to entice or lure any animal out of an enclosure or off the property of its owner or keeper, or to seize any animal while the animal is held or controlled by its owner or keeper or while the animal is on the property of its owner or keeper.
(Ord. passed 10-6-2008) Penalty, see § 90.999
CONTROL OF VICIOUS OR DANGEROUS ANIMALS
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