6.16.010: PROHIBITED; IMPOUNDMENT:
No person shall offer for sale, give away, bring into or maintain within an area coming within the jurisdiction of this chapter, any lion, tiger, bear, wolf, wolf hybrids, cougar, ocelot, wildcat, skunk, venomous or dangerous snake or other such wild animals (ferae naturae), irrespective of their actual or asserted state of docility, tameness, or domesticity. The animal control bureau may impound any such animal and release it to an agency suitable for maintaining the animal or dispose of it in a humane manner after three (3) working days to allow for legal restraining action by the owner. (Ord. 2392 § 19, 1998: prior code § 57400)