It is unlawful for any person to possess, harbor, or maintain any animal for the purpose of fighting, or to train, torment, badger, bait, or use any animal for the purpose of causing or encouraging it to attack or fight human beings or other animals. Except when great bodily harm or death is likely to ensue immediately, it is unlawful for any person, except for law enforcement personnel directing animals regularly used by them in law enforcement, to maliciously command, encourage, or aid by any means, any animal to bite, chase, attack, or attempt to bite, chase, or attack another person or animal. (Ord. 2667 § 2, 2001)