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4 . 1. 3 4. 3• 40 7. WILD ANIMALS--SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE 5, The Board members suggested amendments to the ordi, 6, rewritten pursuant to their motion on March 28, 1983. 7, Drs. Vickers Burdette and Paul Modrich protested the lump,.._ g, of servals in the same category as large cats (i .e. tigers, etc. ) . 9, 17hey explained that their serval was not a dangerous cat and servals l0. in general were not known for digging. Drs. Burdette and Modrich said ll,that they would not be able to keep their cat if the 1OO1 setback 12,was required. Board members said. that was not the intent of the ordinance. 13, Various members of the audience addressed the Board regarding 3.4,their individual concerns over the ordinancelcaging requirements/ 15,fees. These included but are not limited to: Mr. Lance Richardson, 16.Dr. Mike Bleyman, Mr. Tim Greene, representative of the APS and other �7,unidentified persons. 18. Board members told the audience that they, the Board of Com- 19,missioners, were petitioned by Orange County citizens who were concerned 20.about their safety and the safety of their families. This Ordinance 21,is a response to those concerns; it is a compromise that enables those 22,who owned animals and had registered those animals as of March 28, 1983, �3,to keep those animals. It also tries, through the caging requirements, 24,to address the safety issue raised by the original petitioners. The �5,ordinance tries also to address the issue of the humane treatment 26.and safety of the animals being kept. 27, In response to a question - raised by Ms. Lorie Stephenson, 2$,Mr. Gledhill said a permit can be issued only for those animals 29,physically in Orange County; no permit can be issued for an animal 30,not in Orange County. 31, Mr. Greene opposed the inspection fees as proposed; he also 32,opposed the breeding ban, saying that he had hoped to "recoup" his 33.expenses through breeding the animals for alternative markets (other 34,than zoos) . The APS representative produced a letter from the American 35 Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums which said the numbers 36 of lions and tigers were sufficiently large in zoos so that private 37 breeding to maintain the species was "folly. " The APS representative 38. 39. 40.