§ 4-97. Custody within city.

(a)

No person shall own, keep or harbor a vicious or dangerous animal within the city.

(b)

The following are hereby excluded from this section:

(1)

Public zoos; fully accredited educational or medical institutions; a state licensed humane society or animal shelter; public museums duly licensed where such dangerous animals are kept as live specimens for public viewing; or for the purpose of instruction and research with required licensure.

(2)

Exhibitions to the public by a traveling circus, carnival, exhibit or show, duly licensed in accordance with the laws and ordinances of the state, the county and the city.

(3)

Dangerous animals in a licensed veterinary hospital for treatment.

(4)

Dangerous animals under the jurisdiction or in the possession of the state conservation commission.

(5)

Animals possessed under authority of a state-issued game breeder's license or scientific collectors license.

(6)

Dangerous animals maintained by the federal, state, or county government, or its designee, pursuant to the enforcement of this article.

(Prior Code, § 55.02A)