Agenda - 02-07-2023; 6-b - Proposed Revisions to the Wild and Dangerous Animal Provisions in the Orange County Unified Animal Control Ordinance

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7 laws,the following eonditions are met in order-to asstffe the health and saf� of the publie, i. Said wildlife is maintained in aeeot!daneev�,ith applieable fedet!al and state ii. The r-ehabilitator-shall provide a safety plan f6t!the management of the wildlife- and a eompr-ehensive feeover-y plan in the event of eseape of the aniffl4, f$1,000,000 r o oeetiffeneo n e s nnn nnn aggr-eg to t , v to any Per-s f r personal property .1aniage eaused by the wildlife—, 417.1 and R 14 4 1 7 7, all Feptiles kept pit to this subsection shall be eonfined in aeeor-da-mee with the following: i. All snake enelosufts shall be within a buildin with seeur-ed exter-iof!deer-s and windows, w-hieh building shall be of stiffieient eonstfuetion to pfevent NI. Wild and Da-ager-ous Animals kept pur-stiant to this subseetion shall be i eoniplianee with thefequirements of N.C. Gen.S 5 n NC AC C 10H 0302 The enelostir-es deser-ibed in this subseetion shall be subjeet to approval by the Animal. Sen4ees Dir-eetor-or-their-designee-. Approval for-keeping these ot-hefwise prohibited Wild a-ad Danger-ous Animals fo Carolina Wildlife Resour-ees Commission an&or-the United State Fish and Wildlife Sen4ee shall be in the sole disef!etion of the Animal Sefviees Direetor-. No Wild an Danger-ous Animal shall be kept by a Fehabilitator-for-long tet:M eaptivit-y pur-poses. In addition to the above r-equittmen4s, appr-oval by the Animal Ser-viees Direetor shall b-e the Wild and Danger-ous zAaiiait`lls are to be kept.Failwe to abide by any of the above immediate removal of the Wild and Danger-ous Animals fFom the �- fl2)-A hybrid of a feline with the domestic house cat(hereinafter, "hybrid feline") is permissible if the hybrid is a filial 5 (F5)hybrid or later(meaning there have been five or more generations since the cross included a pure wild feline) as documented by a breeder pedigree from a generally accepted registry, or by genetic testing methods that are generally accepted by the scientific community. Hybrid felines permitted by this subsection shall be maintained at all times in an enelased 0 e t a shall be documented to be vaccinated against rabies by a licensed veterinarian. (G) Methods of rabies eentfel faf h0fid felines may diffef from these fef dafnestie eats. (d)Lc) Animals exempted by this Ordinance prior to [effective date of amendment], provided the Person owning, keeping, maintaining, or controlling the Wild and Dangerous Animal provides notice of the following to the Animal Services Director within one-(1) year-90 days of[effective date]: i. Notice of possession of the animal and the location at which the animal is kept;