(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, maintain, or have in his or her possession or under his or her control within the city any of the following animals:
(1) Any animal which has been declared to be protected or endangered by the US Department of the Interior;
(2) All poisonous animals, including rear-fang snakes;
(3) Badgers (mustelidae);
(4) Bears (ursidae);
(5) Beavers (castoridae);
(6) Canids, that is: wolves, foxes, coyotes, jackals, dingo, raccoon dogs, or any hybrid thereof;
(7) Civet (viverrines);
(8) Civet or raccoon dog (nycterevtes procyonoides);
(9) Constrictor snakes;
(10) Crocodilians, that is: alligators, crocodiles, caimans, and cavials;
(11) Eagles, hawks, and owls;
(12) Edentata, that is: anteaters, tamanduas, sloths, and armadillos;
(13) Emus (casuariiformes);
(14) Felids, that is: lions, tigers, leopards, cheetahs, jaguars, pumas, lynx, ocelots, bobcats, or any hybrid thereof;
(15) Game cocks and other fighting birds;
(16) Hyenidea (hyenas);
(17) Marsupials, that is: opossums, Tasmanian wolf, kangaroos, koalas, and wombats;
(18) Muskrats (ondatra);
(19) Ostriches (struthio);
(20) Porcupine (hystricomorpha);
(21) Primates (non-human) that is: apes, monkeys, baboons, chimpanzees, gibbons, gorillas, orangutans, and siamangs;
(22) Procuoriids, that is: raccoons, coatis, kinkajous, ring-tailed cats, and pandas;
(23) Rheas (frheiformes);
(24) Skunks (imephitinae);
(25) Squirrels (sduridae);
(26) Sharks (chondrichthyes);
(27) Swine (suidae);
(28) Ungulates, that is: elephants, zebra, tapirs, rhinoceroses, camel, llama, caribou, antelope, bison, reindeer, deer, giraffe, hippopotamus, wild boar, gazelle, and gnu;
(29) Water buffalo (bubalus);
(30) Wart hogs (phacochorus aethiopicus); and
(31) Weasels.
(B) Commercial animal shows or circus companies may obtain a permit from the city for shows to be performed in the city.
(Prior Code, § 7-3-13) Penalty, see § 90.99
Cross-reference:
Carnivals and circuses, see § 112.20