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(A) Any dog impounded under the provisions of this chapter, except such as may have bitten any person as specified in § 90.11 of this chapter, shall, unless sooner redeemed, shall be taken to the St. Clair County Animal Control.
(B) In case such dog has not been inoculated against rabies for the current year, such owner shall also advance the fee required to have such dog inoculated by a duly-licensed veterinarian as he or she shall elect and the pound keeper shall forthwith cause the dog to be duly-inoculated against rabies. No dog shall be released without having been inoculated for the current calendar year, or in accordance with the requirements of the Department of Agriculture. Upon payment of the required charges, the dog shall thereon be released to the owner or keeper.
(Prior Code, § 14-110)
Any dog which may, in any manner, continually disturb the quiet of any person’s or neighborhood’s property, or shall destroy or in any manner injure any animal, plant, shrub or other property not on the premises of its owner or keeper, is hereby declared to be a nuisance, and such dog shall be taken up and impounded and may be redeemed.
(Prior Code, § 14-114)
Cross-reference:
Keeping barking dogs and crying cats, see § 90.32
COMMUNITY CATS
For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
COMMUNITY CAT. Any free-roaming, feral, or barn cat that may be cared for by one or more residents of the immediate area and which has no discernible form of ownership identification. COMMUNITY CAT includes a domesticated cat that an owner has forsaken entirely or neglected or for which an owner has refused to provide care and support.
COMMUNITY CAT CAREGIVER. A person who provides care, including food, water, shelter or medical care to a community cat. A COMMUNITY CAT CAREGIVER shall not be considered to be the owner, custodian, harborer, controller, or keeper of a community cat.
EARTIPPING. The removal of the one-fourth-inch tip of community cat’s ear, performed while the cat is under anesthesia, under the supervision of a licensed veterinarian and designed to be an indication that the community cat has been sterilized and vaccinated for rabies.
FERAL CAT. A cat that:
(1) Is born in the wild or is the offspring of an owned or feral cat and is not socialized; or
(2) Is a formerly owned cat that has been abandoned and is no longer socialized; or
(3) Lives on a farm.
FERAL CAT COLONY. A group of cats that congregates, more or less, together as a unit. Although not every cat in a colony may be feral, any nonferal cats that congregate with a colony shall be deemed to be a part of it.
(Ord. 1798, passed 11-20-2017)
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