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Responsible Animal and Pet Ownership Care and Control Regulation Ordinance
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<br />(v) Circus: Performances given by traveling companies on vacant lots with tents, or some
<br />other kind of temporary enclosure, where performances are given for a fee. Performances
<br />may include, but are not limited to: Trained animal acts, races, feats of horsemanship,
<br />acrobatics, strength, trapeze acting, or clowns.
<br />(w) Dangerous animal: any animal that:
<br />1. has, off of its owner's property, attacked another animal or livestock; or
<br />2. has attacked or which has attempted to attack, unprovoked, any human being,
<br />whether on or off the owner's property; or
<br />3. has bitten any human being, unprovoked, with said injury requiring stitches and the
<br />loss of blood; or
<br />4. has bitten or attacked a person, unprovoked, causing wound or injuries creating a
<br />potential danger to the health or life of the victim; or
<br />5. has a history documented with a public agency of biting or attacking humans or
<br />domestic animals; or
<br />6. has a known propensity, tendency or disposition to attack, to cause injury or
<br />otherwise threaten or endanger the safety of humans or domestic animals; or
<br />7. has been found to be at large and has been documented to be at large by an animal
<br />control officer on three (3) or more separate occasions in a twelve -month period.
<br />However, no animal shall be considered a dangerous animal if injury or damage is inflicted by
<br />that animal upon a person or another animal if such person or other animal, at the time such
<br />injury or damage was sustained, was committing a criminal trespass upon the premises occupied
<br />by the owner or keeper of the animal, or was provoking, teasing, tormenting, abusing or
<br />assaulting the animal or was committing or attempting to commit a crime. The definition
<br />excludes law enforcement animal, K -9 dogs, and police dogs.
<br />(x) Dangerous wild or dangerous exotic animal: A wild or exotic animal, not indigenous to
<br />the State of Indiana, not commonly found as a domestic animal, that would create a
<br />potential risk to public safety including but not limited to bears, wolves, lions, tigers,
<br />jaguars, leopards, cougars, alligators, crocodiles, caimans, snakes and reptiles that are
<br />venomous, apes, baboons, macaques, or any hybrid of like animal.
<br />(y) Division of Animal Care and Control. The municipally operated division established for
<br />the purpose of animal control, care and disposition, as set forth in this Chapter, operated
<br />by and under the direct supervision of the Director of the Code Enforcement Department
<br />and the Shelter Manager.
<br />(z) Director: The Director of the Code Enforcement Department for the City.
<br />(aa) Domestic animal.-7 Any animal that is a member of one of the following species:
<br />1. Dog (Canis familiaris)
<br />Indiana Code § 3546 -3 -12, Version A sets forth the state regulations addressing the killing of a domestic animal
<br />which remain in effect until July 1, 2014 and Indiana Code § 3546 -3 -11.5, Version B set for the state regulations
<br />addressing the killing of a domestic animal which take effect July 1, 2014.
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