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Animal Control Ordinance <br />DRAFTv.3 - 8/15/2013 Page 6 <br /> <br />Educational Purposes: Teaching and instructing with the intent and effect of <br />imparting knowledge to others. <br />Exotic animals: Exotic animals are animals other than domestic animals, farm animals, <br />and wild animals which are not native to North Carolina, or are native to North Carolina but have <br />been captive-bred. <br />Exposed to Rabies: An animal has been exposed to rabies within the meaning of <br />this Ordinance if it has been bitten by, or otherwise come into contact with the saliva or <br />nervous tissue of a proven rabid animal or animal reasonably suspected of having rabies <br />that is not available for laboratory diagnosis. <br />Harbor: An animal shall be deemed to be harbored if it is fed or sheltered by the <br />same person or household for 72 consecutive hours or more. <br />Health Department: Orange County Health Department. <br />Health Director: Director of the Orange County Health Department. <br />Injury: Any injury which is serious enough to require immediate medical <br />attention to preserve the life of the injured person. <br />Keeper: A person having custody of an animal or who keeps or harbors an animal <br />or who knowingly permits an animal to remain on or about any premises occupied or <br />controlled by such person, whether or not that person literally "owns" the animal. Every <br />person 18 years or older residing in the dwelling unit where a pet is harbored and/or kept <br />shall be deemed a keeper for purposes of this Ordinance. <br />Leash-free Area: An area in a Town or County designated by the governing body <br />of said Town or County which permits an animal to go free from physical restrain. Does <br />not apply to animals deemed vicious, potentially dangerous or dangerous. <br />Other Local Government Body: Other local government authority shall include <br />the Towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Hillsborough and those parts of the City of <br />Durham located in Orange County. <br />Owner: Any person who owns any animal and is responsible for its care, actions, <br />and behavior. <br />Owner or Keeper’s Premises: Any real, owned or leased, property of the owner <br />of an animal; excluding any public right-of-way, or common area of a condominium, <br />apartment complex or townhouse development. <br />Person: Any individual, family, group of individuals, corporation, partnership, <br />organization, or institution recognized by law as a person. <br />Pet Shop: A person that acquires for the purposes of resale animals, excluding <br />domesticated livestock, bred by others whether as owner, agent, or on consignment, and