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(c) ALTERED ANIMAL. An animal that has been operated on to prevent it from procreating.
<br />(d) ANIMAL. Any living vertebrate, domestic or wild, except a human being.
<br />(e) ANIMAL CONCESSION. Any person, group of persons, partnership, or corporation who for compensation has any
<br />animal available for hire or on display.
<br />(f) ANIMAL CONTROL COMMISSION. The Animal Control Commission shall be an advisory Commission with regard to
<br />policy and fiscal decisions affecting the Department of Animal Control.
<br />(g) ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER. Means a person authorized to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
<br />(h) ANIMAL EVENT. Display, activity or show of wild or domestic animals in a shopping center, retail establishment,
<br />adjacent lot, or elsewhere.
<br />(i) ANIMAL FIGHTING PARAPHERNALIA. Equipment or items used to train or condition animals for participation in an
<br />animal fighting contest or materials to promote animal fighting, the breeding of animals specifically for the purpose of
<br />fighting, train animals for fighting, or to track the results of animal fights.
<br />(j) ANIMAL HOARDER. Any person who:
<br />(1.)Having more than the typical number of companion animals
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<br />(2.)Failing to provide even minimal standards of nutrition, sanitation, shelter, and veterinary care, with this neglect
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<br />often resulting in illness and death from starvation, spread of infectious disease, and untreated injury or medical
<br />condition
<br />(3.)Denial of the inability to provide this minimum care and the impact of that failure on the animals, the
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<br />household, and human occupants of the dwelling
<br />(4.)Persistence, despite this failure, in accumulating and controlling animals
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<br />(k) ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION. Any not-for-profit, 501 (c)3 organization for the prevention of cruelty to animals
<br />incorporated under state laws.
<br />(l) AT LARGE ANIMAL. means a stray animal or any animal whose owner/guardian knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly
<br />allows the animal to stray beyond premises owned, lawfully occupied or controlled by the owner/guardian unless under
<br />restraint. This section does not apply to dogs engaged in lawful hunting accompanied by the owner/guardian or
<br />custodian or to free-roaming and/or community cat(s).
<br />(m) ATTACK. Where the animal exhibits one or more of the following behaviors, including, but not limited to: snarling,
<br />biting, baring teeth, chasing, growling, barking, snapping, pouncing, lunging.
<br />(n) AUCTION. Any place or facility where animals are regularly bought, sold or traded, except for those facilities
<br />otherwise defined in this chapter or by state law.
<br />(o) BREEDER. Any person who intentionally or accidentally causes the breeding of an animal or makes an animal cat or
<br />dog available for breeding purposes, or any person who offers for sale, sells, trades, receives other compensation or
<br />gives away any litter of dogs or cats; or any person who has unaltered animals who habitually (two or more litters) have
<br />accidental litters.
<br />"BUSINESS DAY" means "Monday through Friday, except for federal or state holidays.
<br />(p) CARETAKER. A person who provides food, water and shelter for free-roaming and/or community cat(s).
<br />(r) CATTERY. Any person or group of persons, partnership or corporation engaged in keeping more than one unaltered
<br />cat for the purposes of breeding.
<br />(q) COMMUNITY CAT. Community cat means that has been
<br />an unowned, kept or having in custody outdoor cat
<br />evaluated and sterilized by a licensed veterinarian, ear tipped and released back into the area from which s/he was
<br />captured.
<br /> (s) CIRCUS. A commercial variety show including animal acts for public entertainment.
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