(A) In the event that the animal warden or any law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe that an exotic animal is being harbored or cared for in violation of this chapter, such official may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to order the seizure and impoundment of such exotic animal pending trial.
(B) Any exotic animal that attacks and injures any person or another dog, cat or domestic farm animal may be ordered destroyed when, in the court’s judgment, such exotic animal represents a continuing threat of serious harm to persons or other such animals. Any exotic animal that kills any person, other than a person then committing a criminal trespass or other crime of violence upon the premises of the owner of such exotic animal, shall be ordered destroyed by the court.
(Prior Code, § 618.25) (Ord. 92-14, passed 6-9-1992)