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Responsible Animal and Pet Ownership Care and Control Regulation Ordinance Page 31 (b) No person shall keep, shelter, harbor, buy, sell, or trade within the city a dangerous wild animal or a dangerous exotic animal as defined in this Chapter except as provided in paragraph (c) below. (c) This section shall not apply to permitted zoological parks or zoos, educational, or medical institutions. (d) Any animal found in violation of this Section may be seized immediately in accordance with Indiana State code and Department of Natural Resources regulations. (e) The animal will be held in protective custody for seven (7) calendar days to allow an owner to locate a new and appropriate owner or housing for the animal outside the city limits. If no arrangements have been made in seven (7) calendar days the animal will become the property of the city and disposition may be made at that time. (fl Costs. The owner of any animal, which is impounded and /or euthanized or relocated under this Section, shall be held responsible for payment of any expenses so incurred by the Division of Animal Care and Control. Fees will be paid prior to release or relocation of the animal. The housing and rehabilitation of native wildlife on public or private land shall be by a state, and /or federally, permitted or sub - permitted entity or individual. The permitted housing or shelter of wildlife for the purpose of rehabilitation or rescue shall not be any less than twenty feet (20') from neighboring property. Disease vectors such as raccoons and opossums are not permitted to be rehabilitated inside city limits. (g) Grandfather clause. Wolf- hybrids owned or harbored under this Section, at the time of passage, must be registered with the Division of Animal Care and Control within sixty (60) days of passage and shall be exempt from this Section. Wolf- hybrids must have no bite history in order to be exempt. If any wolf -hybrid bites, or has previously bitten, a human or an animal, the wolf -hybrid will no longer be exempt from this Section. All wolf - hybrids registered under this section shall be spayed or neutered and microchipped at the owner's expense prior to registration. Wolf - hybrids not registered within sixty (60) days of passage of these regulations will not be exempt from this Section .30 Sec. 5 -41 Training Methods. No animal may be induced or encouraged to perform through the use of chemical, mechanical, electrical, or manual devices in a manner which will cause or is likely to cause physical injury or suffering. Sec. 5 -42 Destruction of Animals. 1 "Indiana Code § 15- 20 -1 -5 Version A is in effect until July 1, 2014 and Indiana Code § 15- 20 -1 -5 Version B takes effect July 1, 2014 which set forth "wolf hybrid and coydog liability; criminal offenses ". " Indiana Code § 3546 -3 -5 lists as an exception "destruction of an animal by an animal control program, including an animal control facility, an animal shelter, or a humane society ".