SBACC Special Committee Meeting Minutes and final document (2)

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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 from neighboring property. Disease vectors such as raccoons and opossums are not permitted to be rehabilitated inside South Bend City limits. (g) Grandfather clause. Wolf-hybrids owned or harbored under this section, at the time of passage, must be registered with the Department of Animal Control within 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 60 days of passage of this division will not be exempt from this section. Penalty, see § 5.999 (Ord. XXXXXX) § 5.036 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. (Ord. XXXXXX) Penalty, see § 5.999 § 5.037 DESTRUCTION OF ANIMALS. All animals impounded by South Bend Animal Care and Control, a public or private sheltering agency or rescue group shall be killed, only when necessary and consistent with the requirements of this Act, by lethal intravenous injection of sodium pentobarbital, except as follows: (1) intraperitoneal injections may be used only under the direction of a licensed veterinarian, and only when intravenous injection is not possible for infant animals, companion animals other than cats and dogs, or in comatose animals with depressed vascular function. (2) intracardiac injections may be used only when intravenous injection is not possible for animals who are completely unconscious or comatose, and then only under the direction of a veterinarian. (a) No person other than a duly authorized agent of the animal control shelter may destroy any domestic animal within the city limits; provided, however, this provision shall not apply to the following: (1.) A licensed veterinarian, (2.) A veterinary staff member under the direct supervision of a veterinarian (3.) Those persons acting in immediate self- protection, (b) The Department of Animal Control, other animal shelters, and/or public animal facilities which destroy animals in the city, shall use only sodium pentobarbital or a derivative substance for said purpose. (c) The duly authorized animal control 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 AVMA’s Guidelines for Euthanasia. Said person(s) must have letter from a licensed veterinarian citing their competency in humane euthanasia procedures and must be evaluated by a licensed veterinarian on a yearly basis. (d) No animal's body shall be disposed of until all vital signs are checked (fixed pupil, cessation of heartbeat and respiration) to assure that death has occurred. (A) No animal shall be allowed to witness any other animal being killed or being tranquilized/sedated for the purpose of being killed or see the bodies of animals which have already been killed. (B) Animals shall be sedated/tranquilized as necessary to minimize their stress or discomfort, or in the case of vicious animals, to ensure staff safety, except as follows: (1) neuromuscular blocking agents shall not be used as sole agent. (C) Following their injection, animals shall be lowered to the surface on which they are being held and shall not be permitted to drop or otherwise collapse without support.