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(i)Animal welfare organization means any entity organized and existing for the express actions
<br /> of ensuring the health, safety, and welfare of animals.
<br /> (j) Breeder means any person who intentionally or accidentally causes the breeding of an animal
<br /> or makes any animal available for breeding purposes, or any person who offers for sale, sells,
<br /> trades,receives other compensation or gives away any offspring of any animals.
<br /> (k) Cattery means any person or group of persons, partnership or corporation or facility operated
<br /> commercially engaged in keeping more than one cat for the purposes of boarding.
<br /> (1) Coop means an enclosed structure used for housing chickens that provides shelter from the
<br /> elements.
<br /> (m) Community cat means an unowned, outdoor cat that has been evaluated and sterilized by a
<br /> licensed veterinarian, ear tipped and released back into the area from which it was captured.
<br /> (n) Cruelty means the mistreatment or neglect of an animal that causes unintentional or intentional
<br /> pain and suffering.
<br /> (o) Dangerous wild or dangerous exotic animal means a wild or exotic animal that would create a
<br /> potential risk to public safety.
<br /> (p)Dog park means a designated area for dogs to exercise and play off leash in a controlled
<br /> environment under the direct supervision of their owner.
<br /> (q) Domestic animal means an animal that is not wild. The term is limited to:
<br /> (1)cattle, calves, horses, mules, swine, sheep, goats, dogs,cats,poultry,ostriches, rhea,
<br /> emus, or other birds;
<br /> (2)an animal of the bovine,equine, ovine, caprine,porcine, canine, feline, avian,camelid,
<br /> cervidae, or bison species; or
<br /> (3)an aquatic animal that may be the subject of aquaculture (as defined in IC 15-11-7-1).
<br /> (r) Euthanasia means to humanely end the life of an animal.
<br /> (s) Exotic animal means any animal whose native habitat is not indigenous to the continental
<br /> United States. This does not include fish,fur-bearing animals commercially bred for the furrier
<br /> trade and birds defined under federal regulations, and nonpoisonous snakes and reptiles.
<br /> (t) Food means nourishment that is appropriate for the species in adequate amounts to maintain
<br /> good health.
<br /> (u) Foster animal means any animal placed by an animal welfare organization or animal rescue
<br /> organization in temporary care at a foster home until it is adopted.
<br /> (v) Foster home means the physical location, away from an animal welfare organization, animal
<br /> rescue organization, or SBARC, providing temporary care to a foster animal.
<br /> (w) Free-roaming cat means any unowned, unaltered outdoor cat.
<br /> (x) Impoundment means to seize and place into the custody of SBARC, any animals found in
<br /> violation of this Chapter and/or Indiana law, to temporarily house animals in protective
<br /> custody as defined in this Chapter, or for the health and safety of the animal.
<br /> (y) Kennel means any person, group of persons, partnership or corporation or facility operated
<br /> commercially for the purpose of boarding, housing, breeding or training dogs or cats, or both.
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