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Responsible Animal and Pet Ownership Care and Control Regulation Ordinance <br />Page 12 <br />(kkk) Service animal:11 Animal trained and certified to assist a person who is impaired <br />by: <br />1.Blindness or any other visual impairment; <br />2.Deafness or any other aural impairment; or <br />3.A physical disability; or <br />4.A medical condition or any other condition governed by the Americans with <br />Disabilities Act (ADA). <br />(ill)Shelter manager: The Shelter Manager for the Division of Animal Control. <br />(mmm) Small Animal: Any small domestic animal including but not limited to: ferrets, <br />gerbils, guinea pigs, hamsters, mice, and rats. <br />(mm) Small Birds: Any small pet bird including but not limited to: canaries, finches, <br />cockatiels, lovebirds, small parakeets, and parrotlets. <br />(000) Small Reptile: A cold - blooded vertebrate including but not limited to: bearded <br />dragons, frogs, geckos, skinks, salamanders, and turtles. <br />(ppp) Stray: Any animal that is not under restraint and /or upon reasonable inquiry by an <br />animal control officer does not appear to have an owner. This section does not apply to <br />free- roaming and /or community cat(s) as defined in this Chapter. <br />(qqq) Tether: Attaching a domestic animal to a stationary object or pulley run by means <br />of a chain, rope, tether, cable, or similar restraint. Tether does not include the use of a <br />leash to walk a domestic animal. <br />(m) Trap - neuter - return: is a management technique in which homeless, free - roaming <br />cats are humanely trapped, evaluated and sterilized by a licensed veterinarian, vaccinated <br />against rabies, and then returned to their original habitat. <br />(sss) Unprovoked: An action can be labeled "unprovoked" when the action or reaction <br />of an animal was without stimulation, arousal, excitement, incitement, triggering, or <br />otherwise motivating factors to provide for a reasonably foreseeable animal reaction. <br />(ttt)Veterinarian:11 means any person licensed and accredited to practice veterinary medicine <br />in the State of Indiana. <br />(uuu) Veterinary hospital: Any establishment maintained and operated by a licensed <br />veterinarian for the purpose of hospitalization of animals or the diagnosis and treatment <br />of diseases and injuries of animals. <br />" Indiana Code § 3546 -3 -11.5, Version A defines "service animal' with those regulations effective through July 1, <br />2014 and Indiana Code § 3546 -3 -11.5, Version B defines "service animal' and addresses cruelty to a service <br />animal and become effective July 1, 2014. <br />12 Indiana Code 25 -38.1 sets forth the governing state regulations for veterinarians. Indiana Code § 25- 38.1 -1 -10 <br />defines "licenses veterinarian ". <br />