7-12-365 Coyote management program.

   The executive director shall establish and maintain a coyote management program and response guide based on research and best practices, using public education, followed by humane hazing, as primary management methods. The executive director shall professionally assess the pertinent geography to determine how humane hazing can be applied in specific instances. The executive director shall use lethal force only if a coyote has approached a human and growled, bared teeth, or lunged, or has injured or killed an escorted/on-leash pet, or has injured a human.

   The executive director shall produce and provide a progress report to the City Council Committee on Health and Human Relations on or before October 15th of each year in the event of any new information regarding coyote management efforts during that year.

(Added Coun. J. 7-20-16, p. 28722, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-20-19, p. 9510, Art. II, § 11)

7-12-370 Animal fights and contests prohibited.

   No person shall promote, stage, hold, manage, conduct, or carry on any animal fight, or train any animal for the purpose of an animal fight or any other type of contest, game or fight of a similar nature, nor any simulated version of same that involves baiting or inciting an animal to fight.

   Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section shall upon conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not less than $1,000.00 nor more than $5,000.00 for the first offense or second offense and shall be punished as a misdemeanor for each subsequent offense by incarceration in the county jail for a term not to exceed six months or by both fine and imprisonment.

(Prior code § 98-17; Amend Coun. J. 7-31-90, p. 19875; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99026, § 4.1; Amend Coun. J. 3-14-07, p. 99838, § 1)

7-12-375 Reserved.

Editor's note – Coun. J. 2-7-07, p. 98109, § 4, repealed § 7-12-375, which pertained to license requirement for animal care.

7-12-380 Reserved.

Editor's note – Coun. J. 5-9-07, p. 104624, § 3, repealed § 7-12-380, which pertained to snakehead fish.

7-12-385 Reserved.

Editor's note – Coun. J. 5-9-07, p. 104624, § 3, repealed § 7-12-385, which pertained to restrictions on live Asian carp.

7-12-387 Restrictions on pigeons.

   (a)   For purposes of this section only the following definition applies:

   "Pigeon" means any live bird of the Family Columbidae.

   (b)   It shall be unlawful for any person to import, sell, own, keep or otherwise possess any live pigeon within any area designated as a residence district under the Chicago Zoning Ordinance. Nothing in this subsection prohibits any person from transporting a live pigeon through a residential district, if the pigeon is caged during transport and not released in a residential district.

   (c)   It shall be unlawful for any person to construct or maintain any coop or cote that is, or may be used for the storage, maintenance or sheltering of any live pigeon within any area designated as a residence district under the Chicago Zoning Ordinance.

   (d)   The provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall not apply to the keeping of pigeons as part of an exhibit at either Lincoln Park Zoo or the zoo at Indian Boundary Park.

   (e)   Violation of any portion of this section shall constitute a public nuisance, which may be abated pursuant to the procedures described in section 7-28-010. In addition to any fine or penalty, an amount equal to three times the cost or expense incurred by the city in abating a nuisance may be recovered in an appropriate action instituted by the corporation counsel.

   (f)   Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $1,000.00 or may be incarcerated for a period not to exceed six months, or both. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.

   (g)   [Reserved.]

(Added Coun. J. 9-4-03, p. 6975, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 5-5-04, p. 22691, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 5-26-04, p. 24838, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-3-04, p. 35125, § 1)

7-12-390 Transfer of animals – Records.

   The Department may require persons who sell, transfer ownership of, give away, or otherwise dispose of animals, or of specified species of animals, to maintain records of such transactions, including information descriptive of the animals and identity and location of the recipients. The Department shall prescribe the length of time such records shall be kept on file by the preparer and shall be permitted access to the records upon demand.

(Added Coun. J. 6-13-07, p. 2873, § 2; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-16, p. 37901, Art. I, § 35)

Editor's note – Coun. J. 4-16-97, p. 42591 § 3, amended and redesignated former § 7-12-390 as § 4-5-010(4a).