(A) Sale or transfer within county. No person shall sell, transfer or in any other way dispose of an animal deemed dangerous under this chapter or state law to any person within the county unless the recipient resides permanently in the same household and on the same premises as the owner of such animal.
(B) Sale or transfer outside county. The owner of an animal that has been deemed dangerous under this chapter or state law may sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of such animal or the offspring thereof to persons who do not reside within the county, provided the owner first notifies the animal control officer of the proposed sale or transfer. Such notice shall be given not less than 15 days in advance of the sale or transfer and shall specify the name and address of the recipient person. Upon receipt of such notice, the animal control officer may notify the governmental jurisdiction in which the recipient person is located or resides. Failure to comply with these notification provisions shall be grounds for immediate impoundment of the animal by the county.
(C) Sale or transfer into county. It is unlawful for a person to possess, own or control any animal for the purpose of either temporary or permanent care in the county that has been deemed by another governmental jurisdiction to be potentially dangerous, dangerous, vicious or a threat to the safety of human beings or domestic animals. The animal control officer may order the person having possession, ownership or control of the animal to remove the animal immediately from the county. Should such person fail to comply with the animal control officer's order, the animal control officer may summarily and immediately impound the animal. The owner of the animal shall be liable for the costs and expenses of impounding and keeping the animal. Such impounded animals may then be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(D) Animal abuse and fight training prohibited. It is unlawful for anyone to knowingly abuse any animal within the county, or to use, train, keep, harbor, own or in any way possess or transport through the county an animal for the purpose of animal fight exhibitions. Scars and wounds are rebuttal evidence of participation in animal fight exhibitions or training. "Fight training" is defined to include, but not limited to:
(1) The use or possession of treadmills for fight training;
(2) Actions designed to torment, badger or bait any animal for purpose of encouraging said animal for fight exhibitions;
(3) The use of weights on the animal for fight training;
(4) The use of other animals for blood sport training;
(5) Any other activity, the primary purpose of which is the training of animals for animal fight exhibitions.
(E) Reserved. (Rewards - HMC § 6.13.090.)
(Ord. 836, § 1 (part))