An individual, partnership, corporation, joint venture, association,
trust, estate, or any legal entity, and any officer, member, shareholder,
director, employee, agent or representative of these.
Any mobile or stationary act or exhibition, circus [a class
C licensee, licensed pursuant to the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C.
§ 2131 et seq.)], public show, trade show, photographic
opportunity, carnival, City or county fair, ride, parade, race, performance,
or similar undertaking incorporating wild or exotic animals wherein
the animals are taken from their permanent residence and required
to travel for any distance.
Any or all of the following species, orders and families,
whether born in the wild or in captivity, and also any or all of their
hybrids, including hybrids with domestic species. The animals listed
in parentheses are intended to act as examples and are not to be construed
as an exhaustive list or limit the generality of each group of animals,
unless otherwise specified:
No commercial trade in animals occurs (including, but not limited
to, sale of animals, animal parts, by-products, offspring, photographic
opportunities or public events for financial profit, or any other
entertainment purposes);
Prohibition. It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct, sponsor,
exhibit, or provide entertainment that includes live wild or exotic
animals on any public or private land within the City of Northampton,
MA.
An exhibition that takes place at a nonmobile, permanent institution
or other fixed facility, provided that the wild or exotic animal is
not transported to such location for the purpose of such exhibition;
or
Any demonstrations or exhibitions by a college or university for
bona fide educational or research purposes, and not for amusement
or entertainment purposes.