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79 <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 /> i. 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 /> j. 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 . #/ 09-4/ 1/2014 00 R. ❑❑ <br />