Amending Chapter 5 in its Entirety Replacing it With A New Chapter 5 Entitled Responsible Animal and Pet Ownership Care and Control Regulations

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Substitute Bill No. 17 -14 Responsible Animal and Pet Ownership Care and Control Regulation Ordinance Page 27 Sec. 5 -32 Trapping and Free Roaming Ga Wildlife Regulations. The following regulations apply to animal traps; their requirements, prohibitions, and the managed management of free- roaming cats: (a) It shall be unlawful for a person to use, place, set or cause to be used, placed, or set any leg -hold trap or similar device upon any land or waters. (b) It shall be unlawful for a person to use, place, set or cause to be used, placed or set any snare, net or other device which causes the trapping or capturing of any animal in any manner by which the animal is not either captured painlessly or killed instantly upon any land or waters. (c) It shall be unlawful for a person, having placed a lawful trap, snare or similar device, to capture wildlife, to fail to inspect and empty it at least once during every twenty -four -hour period. and n e for the eaptufed ftee i r r r »a not n .......... »...... ... v.J u..v (2) uvwo to vuowV u!he s , having plaeed a lawfial tfap, nn n..n n« similaf deviee, te eapture ffee Feaming eats for the purpese ef trap, neuter, return or other medieal eafe. (n) it shall l e unln. ful Fe.- n person to remeve an aniffial free any 4ap not an the per-sea's «t.. ...Lens n .nl. person has the ,. n «nnn ...n«....:nn:,.« o f 4.e prepe d a rQpP..J, ______ _--___ r__ ° °__ ___., ...« - .Y. _.... Y-- ...................- Y•"Y �..J ., owner .., ..., ..... in The Divisieff e f Animal rare and Greet -el, in -rder to eneour_ge the stabilization e fthe reaming eat pepiiWiaa fflay: (1 \ Trap any Gan eat in n humane «..n... «n«. \aJ Trap u:ly free ro , (2) Have the eat n eally sterilized , n« tipped, and N aa4ed against r -abi.n by n lieensed veterinarian; and f (3) Release the Pant to the Divisien of Animal Gale and ntr;,l er adeptie or In as nn.-t e f n managed ameny of n ni4y estn Cat must be «nt....ned as el possible to its leea fi en of eaptufe -- d- e__ illness or -_J ^ -J Y_ -. n..tn ......not danger to the n..:...nl Sec. 5 -33 Public Nuisance Animal Prohibited. No person shall own or harbor a public nuisance animal as defined in this Chapter.