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Animal Control Ordinance <br />Adopted 1/21/2016 Unified Animal Control Ordinance Page 14 <br />Effective 3/1/2016 <br />b. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale, barter or give away <br />within the County baby chickens, baby ducklings, or other fowl under six weeks <br />of age or rabbits under eight weeks of age as pets, toys, premiums or novelties; <br />provided, however, that this section shall not be construed to prohibit the sale or <br />display of such baby chickens, ducklings, or other fowl or such rabbits in proper <br />facilities with adequate food, water, and shelter, by breeders or stores engaged in <br />the business of selling the animals for purposes other than as pets or novelties. <br /> <br />c. It shall be unlawful to color, dye, stain or otherwise change the natural color of <br />baby chickens or other fowl or rabbits. <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) <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, with the intent that the paraphernalia be used to train or feature in <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 /> <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 outdoor <br />temperature in the vicinity of the vehicle or trailer is greater than or equal to 70 <br />degrees Fahrenheit. <br /> <br />i. It shall be unlawful for any person to commit any of the acts made unlawful under <br />the provisions 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 />