As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
ANIMAL
Dog, cat, domestic, stray, or feral.
ANIMAL CONTROL AUTHORITY
Any person or agency designated or certified by the State
of New Jersey to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
CAT
Any member of the domestic feline species, male, female or
altered.
CAT OF LICENSING AGE
Any cat which has attained the age of seven months or which
possesses a set of permanent teeth.
CATTERY
Any room or group of rooms, cage or exhibition pen, not part
of a kennel, wherein cats for sale are kept or displayed.
LICENSING AUTHORITY
The agency or department of this Township or any designated
representative thereof charged with administering the issuance and/or
revocation of permits and licenses under the provisions of this article.
NEUTERED
Rendered permanently incapable of reproduction, as certified
by a licensed veterinarian.
OWNER
When applied to the proprietorship of a cat, includes every
person having a right of property or custody in such cat and every
person who has such cat in his/her keeping or who harbors or maintains
a cat or knowingly permits a cat to remain on or about any premises
occupied by that person.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, partnership, organization or
institution commonly recognized by law as a unit.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Union in the County of Union.
It shall be unlawful for anyone to leave or abandon a cat(s)
or kitten(s) as feral to fend for themselves. Unwanted animals shall
be brought to the Township of Union Animal Shelter during visitors'
hours to surrender the animal or to call our ACO or Shelter Attendant
to pick up the animal. It is unlawful to leave an animal or animals
on the grounds of the shelter unattended as this will constitute an
act of abandonment which violates the animal cruelty laws.