A. This chapter shall be enforced only within the corporate limits of the City of Grand Island.
B. The Code provisions of this chapter shall be enforced by the agency with which the City contracts to enforce said provisions and the Police Department. All employees of said Animal Control Authority shall be designated animal control officers for the purposes of this chapter.
C. The Health Department shall assist in enforcement of code provisions relating to public health, safety and welfare.
D. This Chapter shall not apply to:
1. Care or treatment of an animal by a veterinarian licensed under the Nebraska Veterinary Practice Act until December 1, 2008, and the Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act on and after December 1, 2008;
2. Commonly accepted care or treatment of a police animal by a law enforcement officer in the normal course of his or her duties;
3. Research activity carried on by any research facility currently meeting the standards of the federal Animal Welfare Act, 7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq., as such act existed on January 1, 2003;
4. Commonly accepted practices of hunting, fishing, or trapping;
5. Commonly accepted practices occurring in conjunction with rodeos, animal racing, or pulling contests;
6. Humane killing of an animal by the owner or by his or her agent or a veterinarian upon the owner’s request;
7. Commonly accepted practices of animal husbandry with respect to farm animals and commercial livestock operations, including their transport from one location to another and nonnegligent actions taken by personnel or agents of the Nebraska Department of Agriculture or the United States Department of Agriculture in the performance of duties prescribed by law;
8. Use of reasonable force against an animal, other than a police animal, which is working, including killing, capture, or restraint, if the animal is outside the owned or rented property of its owner or custodian and is injuring or posing an immediate threat to any person or other animal;
9. Killing of house or garden pests;
10. Commonly followed practices occurring in conjunction with the slaughter of animals for food or byproducts; and
11. Commonly accepted animal training practices.
12. The Nebraska State Fair; and
13. Post-secondary educational institutions.
(Amended by Ordinance No. 9200, effective 12-17-2008) (Amended by Ordinance No. 9531, effective 04-15-2015)