For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
(A) ANIMAL. Any species of bird, mammal, amphibian, reptile, crustacean, mollusk or fish.
(B) DOMESTIC FARM ANIMAL. All animals except for dogs and cats maintained as family pets and birds maintained exclusively within the confines of any residence as household pets.
(C) KENNEL. A facility operated or maintained principally for the purpose of boarding, housing, grooming, breeding or training dogs or cats, or both; a KENNEL, for purposes of this chapter, shall include a facility in or adjoining a private residence where more than five dogs are kept for the hobby of the householder or using them for hunting, practice tracking, exhibiting in shows or field or obedience trials or for the guarding or protecting of the householder’s property.
(D) OWN. To keep, harbor or have custody, charge or control of an animal. OWNER means and includes any person who owns an animal; however, veterinarians and operators of kennels, pet shops and stables, who temporarily keep animals owned by or held for sale to other persons shall not be deemed to OWN or be OWNERS of such animals, but rather to be keepers of animals, and colony caretakers of managed colonies of free-roaming cats shall not be deemed to be owners or keepers of such animals.
(E) PET SHOP. A facility operated commercially and principally for the purpose of selling animals which, in the hands of their immediate purchasers, will be pets.
(F) STABLE. A facility operated commercially and principally for the purpose of lodging and feeding domestic animals.
(G) VICIOUS DOG. A dog which by its behavior, disposition and/or conduct has a known or reasonably foreseeable aggressive nature or a tendency to vicious conduct.
(H) WILD ANIMAL. Any animal which normally lives free in nature and which is not commonly domesticated, including, but not limited to, any animal not caged, in an aquarium or domesticated.