(a) License required. It shall be unlawful for any person in the village to own, harbor, or keep any dog or cat for more than five months of age after July 1 of the license year without complying with the provisions of this chapter relating to the listing, licensing, and tagging of the same.
(b) Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates, or requires, a different meaning.
ANIMAL. Mammals, reptiles, and birds.
AT LARGE. To be off the premises of the owner and not under the control of some person either by leash or otherwise, but a dog or cat within an automobile of its owner, or in an automobile of any other person with the consent of the owner of said dog or cat, shall be deemed to be upon the owner’s premises.
CAT. Any feline, regardless of age or sex.
CRUEL. Causing unnecessary and excessive pain or suffering, or unjustifiable injury or death.
DOG. Any canine, regardless of age or sex.
FARM ANIMAL. Any warm-blooded animal normally raised on farms in the United States and used for food or fiber.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. The meaning as appears in Wis. Stats. § 967.02(5), and includes a HUMANE OFFICER under Wis. Stats. § 169.01, but does not include a CONSERVATION WARDEN appointed under Wis. Stats. § 23.10.
NEUTERED. As used herein as describing a dog or cat shall mean a dog or cat unable to reproduce.
OWNER. Any person owning, harboring, or keeping a dog or cat and the occupant on any premises on which a dog or cat remains or to which it customarily returns daily for a period of ten days; such person is presumed to be harboring or keeping the dog or cat within the meaning of this section.
PET. An animal kept and treated as a pet.
(Prior Code, § 7-1-1)
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Wis. Stats. §§ 174.05 through 174.10