§ 416-2.016. Wild or exotic animal.


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  • "Wild animal" or "exotic animal" means any of the following:

    (1)

    Any animal described in California Fish and Game Code Sections 2116 and 2118;

    (2)

    Any animal described in any addition to Fish and Game Code Section 2118 by regulation of the Fish and Game Commission as provided in Section 2118(j);

    (3)

    Class Aves: (birds)

    (a)

    Order Falconiformes (including, but not limited to, hawks, eagles, and vultures),

    (b)

    Subdivision Ratitae (including but not limited to, ostriches, rheas, cassowaries, and emus);

    (4)

    Class Reptilia: (snakes, lizards, turtles, alligators)

    (a)

    Order Ophidia (including, but not limited to; racers, boas, water snakes, and pythons) over six feet long,

    (b)

    Order Loricata (including, but not limited to, alligators, caymans, and crocodiles) over twelve inches long;

    (5)

    Any class, order, family, genera, or species of wild animals which may be designated by the animal services director as a menace to public peace, health or safety, or to native wildlife or agricultural interests, by written designation filed with the clerk of the board of supervisors;

    (6)

    Any nondomestic species when kept, maintained or harbored in such numbers or in such a manner as to create or constitute a nuisance or, in any event, a likelihood of danger to such animals, other animals, the environment or the persons or property of human beings;

    (7)

    Any species of animal which is venomous to human beings, whether by bite, sting, touch or otherwise, except honey-producing bees.

(Ord. 80-97 § 2).