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57 <br />Animal Control Ordinance <br />an exhibition the baiting of dog, cock or other animal or the fighting of a dog, <br />cock or other animal with another dog, cock or other animal. <br />h. It shall be unlawful for any person to transport an animal in the closed trunk of a <br />vehicle, or closed compartment on a vehicle or trailer when the ambient <br />temperature in the vicinity of the vehicle or trailer is greater than or equal to 70 <br />degrees F. <br />It shall be unlawful for any person to commit any of the acts made unlawful under <br />the pro visions of North Carolina General Statutes §§ 14 -360 and 14 -362, as the <br />same relate to a dog or dogs, or to commit any other act made unlawful by any <br />other law of the State of North Carolina relating to animal fighting or animal <br />baiting. The repeal of such law or laws of the State of North Carolina shall have <br />no effect upon this Section, and the acts herein made unlawful shall, in the event <br />of such repeal, be those referred to in said law or laws immediately prior to such <br />repeal. <br />It shall be unlawful for any person to abandon or forsake any animal within the <br />County. <br />k. It shall be unlawful for any person to restrain a dog using a chain, wire or other <br />type of tethering device in a manner prohibited by this subsection. (Does not <br />apply in Chapel Dill or Carrboro) <br />(1) No person shall tether, fasten, chain, tie, or restrain a dog, or cause such <br />restraining of a dog, to a tree, fence, post, dog house, or other stationary object <br />for more than a total of three hours in a 24 -hour period. During periods of <br />tethering that are not unlawful under this subsection, any tethering device used <br />shall be at least ten feet in length and attached in such manner as to prevent <br />strangulation or other injury to the dog and entanglement with objects. In no <br />event shall the time limitations established by this subsection 4- 41(k)(1) & (2) <br />below be added together to allow for tethering, fastening, chaining, tying, or <br />restraining to either a stationary object or to a cable trolley system for more <br />than a total of three hours in a 24 -hour period. <br />(2) No person shall tether, fasten, chain, tie, or restrain a dog, or cause such <br />restraining of a dog, to a cable trolley system, that allows movement of the <br />restraining device, for more than a total of three hours in a 24 -hour period. <br />During periods of tethering that are not unlawful under this subsection, the <br />length of the cable along which the tethering device can move must be at least <br />ten feet, and the tethering device must be of such length that the dog is able to <br />move ten feet away from the cable perpendicularly and attached in such a <br />manner as to prevent strangulation or other injury to the dog and entanglement <br />with objects. <br />DRAFT 2 #, OA . #/ 09 - 5/ 30/ 2013 00 R. 1111 <br />