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1QAD <br /> Beard of Commissioners Page Four June 12, 1987 <br /> 7. The word "stray" and the term "at large" are <br /> both broad enough to include domesticated livestock. <br /> Section XV provides for the seizing, impounding and <br /> confining in the Animal Shelter of at-large animals. <br /> Is this intended to include livestock? It seems <br /> impractical and probably unnecessary to do so. The <br /> ordinance also makes the owner of domesticated <br /> livestock that is "at-large" a violator of the <br /> ordinance provision. This changes the State standard <br /> in this region of North Carolina with respect to the <br /> containment of domesticated livestock. Qrange County <br />~ ~is in a "reasonable fencing" region, which means <br />a generally, that a farmer or other keeper of .livestock <br />~ is charged with the responsibility of keepa.ng fences <br />~ repaired and that this standard is one of <br />~ reasonableness. Liability to the owner of an escaped <br />~ animal is only imposed when the owner has violated this <br /> reasonableness standard. <br />v <br />a <br />-~ <br /> <br />8. Definition No. 27, "torture or torment," is <br />~ redundant. The acts defined by the terms torture or <br /> torment are included in Definition No. 10, cruel and <br /> cruel treatment. I recommend that Definition Na. 27 be <br />v deleted. The words "to torture any animal" in Section <br />~ <br />0 XIA should likewise be removed. <br />z <br /> 9. I recommend that Definition No. 29 be <br /> rewritten as follows: <br />~ Vicious Animal: Any animal-on or off the <br />a premises of its owner or keeper, security dog <br />o excluded, which is three months of age or older <br />z and without provocation has bitten, killed, or <br />~ caused physical harm through bites to people who <br /> are not trespassing and animals that, are not where <br />~ their owners have been tall they cannot be. Any <br />v dog that is owned or harbored. for the purpose of <br /> dog fighting or training far dog fighting is also <br /> defined= as a vicious animal. <br />This change reflects the fact that animals cannot <br />trespass. - <br />10. There axe a number of places in the ordinance <br />which create roles for undefined persons and positions <br />that concern me. I recommend they all be eliminated. <br />I further recommend each person or office with a role <br />in the Animal Control Program be expressly defined and <br />that their roles and responsibilities be spelled out in <br />the ordinance. Those persons and positions include the <br />Animal Control Director, the Health Director, Animal <br /> <br />