1. Wild or exotic animals prohibited. No person shall keep a wild or exotic animal in any place other than a zoological park, veterinary hospital or clinic, humane society, circus, sideshow, amusement show or facility used for educational or scientific purposes, which provides proper cages, fences and other protective devices adequate to prevent such animal from escaping or injuring the public.
2. Sale, adoption, exchange or transfer of wild or exotic animals prohibited. No person shall sell, offer for sale, adopt, exchange or transfer, with or without charge any wild animal or exotic animal. This Section is not intended to apply to persons owning or possessing wild or exotic animals prior to the passage of this Part provided that the person or persons taking possession of such wild or exotic animal following said sale, adoption, exchange or transfer is/are not a resident of the Borough of Minersville.
3. Keeping farm animals prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or maintain any cattle, swine, sheep, goats or fowl in the Borough except at such places as are provided for slaughtering or laboratory purposes.
4. Disposition and impoundment. Any person who keeps a wild or exotic animal or prohibited farm animal in contravention of this Part may dispose of the animal by removal of the animal from the Borough or by giving the animal to the Borough official. The Borough official is authorized to release the animal to the wild, to a zoological park or to dispose of the animal in some humane manner.
(Ord. 1989-183, 1/10/1989, § 15)