A person commits an offense if the person imports, offers for sale, keeps, maintains, owns, possesses, harbors or permits in the city any of the following animals:
(1) 
A lion;
(2) 
A tiger;
(3) 
An ocelot;
(4) 
A cougar;
(5) 
A leopard;
(6) 
A cheetah;
(7) 
A jaguar;
(8) 
A bobcat;
(9) 
A lynx;
(10) 
A serval;
(11) 
A caracal;
(12) 
A hyena;
(13) 
A bear;
(14) 
A coyote;
(15) 
A jackal;
(16) 
A baboon;
(17) 
A chimpanzee;
(18) 
An orangutan;
(19) 
A gorilla;
(20) 
A panther;
(21) 
A wolf;
(22) 
Any hybrid of an animal listed in this section; or
(23) 
Any other wild animal capable of or inclined to do serious bodily harm to humans or other animals or fowl.
(Ordinance 2012-08, sec. 1, adopted 6/19/12; 2001 Code, sec. 2.1101)
This article shall not apply to:
(1) 
A bona fide publicly or privately owned zoological park;
(2) 
A bona fide research institute using animals for scientific research;
(3) 
A circus duly authorized to do business in the city; or
(4) 
An injured, orphaned or abandoned dangerous wild animal while being transported for care or treatment or while being cared for by a licensed veterinarian.
(Ordinance 2012-08, sec. 1, adopted 6/19/12; 2001 Code, sec. 2.1102)