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§ 90.03 BIRDS AND BIRDS' NESTS.
   No person, except a public officer acting in his or her official capacity, shall molest, injure, kill, or capture any wild bird, or molest or disturb any wild bird's nest or the contents thereof.
(1984 Code, § 8.133) Penalty, see § 10.99
KEEPING ANIMALS
§ 90.15 DEFINITIONS.
   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)
§ 90.16 SEIZURE AND IMPOUNDING OF ANIMALS.
   Any animal which is suspected of having rabies, or of having bitten any person or animal, may be seized and impounded by any police officer or the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Department Animal Control Officer.
(Ord. 224, passed 9-18-1995)
§ 90.17 IMPOUNDING AND RELEASE.
   (A)   Any animal impounded for observation for rabies shall be held until released by the Police Department and/or the Washtenaw County Humane Society or otherwise disposed of.
   (B)   Any animal impounded for having bitten any person shall be held for not less than 10 days and, in case any complaint shall have been made before any court having jurisdiction of the cases shall be filed, whereby an order that the animal be killed or confined is sought, then the animal will be impounded until the case is finally disposed of.
   (C)   All other animals which may be impounded under the provision of this chapter shall be held and released to their respective owners by the Washtenaw County Humane Society.
(Ord. 224, passed 9-18-1995)
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