[CC 1990 ยงย 5-31; Ord. No. 373 ยงย 1, 11-6-1989]
As used in this Article, the following terms mean:
ADEQUATE CARE
Normal and prudent attention to the needs of an animal, including
wholesome food, clean water, shelter and health care as necessary
to maintain good health in a specific species of animal.
ADEQUATE CONTROL
To reasonably restrain or govern an animal so that the animal
does not injure itself, any person, any other animal or property.
ANIMAL
Every living vertebrate except a human being.
HUMANE KILLING
The destruction of an animal accomplished by a method approved
by the American Veterinary Medical Association's Panel on Euthanasia
(JAVMA 173; 59-72, 1978) or more recent editions, but animals killed
during the feeding of pet carnivores shall be considered humanely
killed.
OWNER
In addition to its ordinary meaning, any person who keeps
or harbors an animal or professes to be owning, keeping or harboring
an animal.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, firm, joint stock company, corporation,
association, trust, estate or other legal entity.