(a) Any individual, firm, corporation or commercial establishment who intentionally or accidentally attracts any type of animal onto their property with the purpose of trapping or any other capture that has not been approved by the Department of Animal Control assumes ownership of said animal(s) and must remove the animal(s) at their own expense or take responsibility for the welfare of that animal. The Department of Animal Control under the Town of Dyer, Lake County, Indiana, will not take liability for such acts.
(b) Traps discovered by the Department of Animal Control to have been set in a manner that is in conflict with this chapter may be seized and the person(s) responsible for the setting of the traps may be fined Fifty Dollars ($50.00) under penalty of the ordinance.
(Ord. No. 2008-02, § 17, 4-16-08)