Amending Chapter 5 Commonly known as Animals & Fowl

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(e) Licenses for such performing animal exhibitions shall not be transferable from one owner to another or to different premises. (f) Any license issued under the provisions of this Section, may be suspended or revoked for violation of any local, county or state law regulating such establishment upon notice and hearing to the licensee as provided in Section 1-18 of the Municipal Code. Sec. 5-20 through 5-21 Reserved for Future Use Article 4. Wild Animals, Poisonous Repitles and Attack Dogs Sec. 5-22 Protected Animals. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to possess with the intent to sell or offer for sale, or buy or attempt to buy, or own within the City any of the following animals of either thoroughbred or hybrid stock or pedigree: (1) All wild cats of the family felidae, (2) Polar bear (thalarctos maritimus) (3) Red wolf (canis niger) (4) Vicuna (vicugna vicugna) (5) Alligator (6) Caiman or crocodile of the order of corcodilia (7) Gray or timber wolf (canis lupus) (8) Sea otter (enhydra lutris) (9) Pacific ridley turtle (lepidochelys olivacea) (10) Atlantic green turtle (chelonia mydas) (11) Mexican ridley turtle (lepidochelys kempi) (b) It shall be unlawful for any person to buy, sell or offer for sale or own a native or foreign species or subspecies of mammal, bird, amphibian, or reptile, or the dead body or parts thereof, which appears on the endangered species list designated by the United States Secretary of Interior and published in the Code of Federal Regulations pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1969 (Public Law 135, 91st Congress), as amended. (c) No person shall import or cause to be imported into this City any part of the plumage, skin or dead body of any species of hawk, owl, or eagle. This paragraph shall not be construed to forbid or restrict the importation or use of the plumage, skin, body, or any part thereof legally collected for use by the American Indians for ceremonial purposes or in the preservation of their tribal customs and heritage. (d) This Section shall not be deemed to prevent the importation, possession, purchase, or sale of any species by any institute of higher learning, zoological park, persons holding federal permits, or to any person or organization licensed to present a circus or carnival pursuant to this Code. (e) Any animal being offered for sale or owned in violation of this Section may be seized by a humane officer and impounded. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than two hundred ($200.00) dollars for the first offense and no more than five hundred ($500.00) dollars for each subsequent offense; and a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues. Sec. 5-23 Keeping Certain Animals Prohibited. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, maintain or have in his