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Animal Control Ordinance <br />DRAFTv.3 - 8/15/2013 Page 13 <br /> <br /> <br />d. It shall be unlawful for any person to tether any fowl. <br /> <br />e. It shall be unlawful to restrain any animal except in a humane fashion as set forth <br />in Section 4-37 above and Section 4-41 below. (Does not apply to Chapel Hill and <br />Carrboro) (See also Carrboro Code of Ordinances § _________ and Chapel Hill <br />Code of Ordinances § __________) <br /> <br />f. It shall be unlawful for any person to entice or lure any animal out of an enclosure <br />or off the property of its owner or keeper, or to seize, molest or tease any animal <br />while the animal is held or controlled by its owner or keeper or while the animal <br />is on or off the property of its owner or keeper, except a stray animal may be <br />seized when trying to capture it. <br /> <br />g. It shall be unlawful to possess any paraphernalia related to dog, cock or other <br />animal fighting, including, but not limited to, gaffs. with the intent that the <br />paraphernalia be used to train or feature in an exhibition the baiting of dog, cock <br />or other animal or the fighting of a dog, cock or other animal with another dog, <br />cock or other animal. <br /> <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 /> <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 /> <br />j. It shall be unlawful for any person to abandon or forsake any animal within the <br />County. <br /> <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 Hill or Carrboro) <br /> <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