10660-19 Ordinance to Amend Chapter 5, Various Articles: Responsible Animal and Pet Ownership Care and Control Regulations

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of immediate self-protection. If that occurs, the person will retain the body and immediately notify the Division of Animal Care and Control Division of Animal Welfare. Sec. 5-40. Exotic animals and native wildlife. (f) Costs . The owner of any animal, which is impounded and/or euthanized or relocated under this sSection, shall be held responsible for payment of any expenses so incurred by the `' ' •. . • -••• . . - . . • : Division of Animal Welfare. Fees will be paid prior to release or relocation of the animal. Sec. 5-42. Destruction of animals. (a) All animals impounded by _: . • : -• : • •'-• . . - . . Animal Resource Center, a public or private sheltering agency or rescue group shall be euthanized,only when necessary and consistent with the requirements of this eChapter by lethal intravenous injection of sodium pentobarbital, except as follows: (b) No person other than a duly authorized agent of the animal control shelter Animal Resource Center may euthanize any domestic animal within the eCity limits; provided, however, this provision shall not apply to the following: (c) The . • : • •'•-. . - . : : : Division of Animal Welfare,other animal shelters, and/or public animal facilities which destroy animals in the eCity, shall use only sodium pentobarbital or a derivative substance for said purpose. (d) The duly authorized Animal Resource Center agent(s) must be trained in humane procedures by a licensed veterinarian or a registered veterinary technician and shall perform the destruction of animals in a humane manner as specified by the American Veterinary Medical Association AVMA's Guidelines for Euthanasia. 35 U Said person(s) must have a letter from a licensed veterinarian citing their such person's competency in humane euthanasia procedures and must be evaluated by a licensed veterinarian on a yearly basis. Sec. 5-43. Habitual animal offender. (b) If upon investigation by an Animal Co tro' O eer Animal Welfare Officer it is found that an owner and/or harborer meets the definition of a Habitual Offender,the matter will be set for hearing before the • • -•. • . - .. :- Animal Welfare Commission. (c) If such owner and/or harborer is found to be a habitual animal offender the Commission Animal Welfare Commission may order a limit, restriction, or prohibition against animal ownership for a minimum of five (5) years or more as determined by the • ••-• . . - -- : - Animal Welfare Commission based on the totality of the circumstances of the violations observed. Sec. 5-44. Free roaming cat trap-neuter return regulations. (c) The . • - . • - • - • Division of Animal Welfare, or a community cat caretaker or a trap/neuter return organization, in order to encourage the stabilization of the free-roaming cat population may: (3) Release the cat to the ' • • -•- • • - • . . • Division of Animal Welfare for adoption or other disposition in accordance with law, or to a colony caretaker who will maintain the cat as part of a managed colony of community cats. The Gcat must be returned as close as possible to its location of capture unless illness or injury presents imminent danger to the animal. (d) Traps discovered by the • -•- . .. . . Division of Animal Welfare to have been unlawfully set may be seized. 6