For the purpose of §§ 90.15 et seq., the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ANIMAL. All animate beings, except humans, with the power of voluntary motion.
ANIMAL RUNNING AT LARGE. An animal not under the control of its owner and not on the owner's premises.
EXOTIC OR WILD ANIMAL. An animal not occurring naturally, either presently or historically, in this state, and/or an animal that has not traditionally lived in a state of dependence upon humans as a tame pet. These animals would be typically found in the wild, zoos, circuses, wildlife sanctuaries, or nature preserves. Such animals include, but are not limited to: alligators, antelope, badgers, bats, beaver, bears, birds of prey, bisons, bobcats, camels, cheetahs, chipmunks, constriction snakes, cougars, coyotes, crocodiles, crows, deer, ducks, elephants, elk, fox, gamecocks (or other fighting birds), geese, goats, gophers, ground hogs, hippopotami, hyenas, jaguars, lions, leopards, llamas, lynx, mink, moles, moose, muskrats, opossums, otters, ostriches, owls, panthers, peacocks, pheasants, piranha fish, porcupines, primates, baboons, wild pigs, pumas (a.k.a. cougars, mountain lions, panthers), quail, raccoons, reptiles, rhinoceroses, seals, sharks, skunks, poisonous snakes, snow leopards, poisonous spiders, squirrels, tigers, whales, wild rabbits, wild turkeys, wolf-dog crosses, wolverines, and wolves, zebras, and any crossbreed of a wild animal with domestic animal, or any descendant of any crossbreed.
KENNEL. Any establishment wherein or whereon dogs are kept for the purpose of breeding, sale, or sporting purposes.
LIVESTOCK. Horses, stallions, colts, geldings, mares, sheep, rams, bulls, bullocks, steers, heifers, cows, calves, mules, jacks, jennets, burrows, goats, kids, and swine, and fur-bearing animals being raised in captivity.
OWNER. When applied to the proprietorship of an animal, means every person having a right of property in the animal, and every person who keeps or harbors the animal or has it in his or her care, and every person who permits the animal to remain on or about any premises occupied by him or her. The words OWNER, PERSON, and WHOEVER shall be held to include corporations as well as individuals, and the knowledge and acts of agents of and persons employed by corporations in regard to animals transported, owned, or employed by, or in the custody of, the corporations shall be held to be the acts and knowledge of the corporations.
POULTRY. All domestic fowl, ornamental birds, and game birds.
(Ord. 158, passed 2-2-1987; Am. Ord. 272, passed 4-20-2009; Am. Ord. 303, passed 7-20-2020)