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Chapter 4
<br />Lee County Code
<br />Animals
<br />hospitalization; killed or inflicted severe injury upon a domestic animal
<br />when not on the owner's real property; or approached a person when not on
<br />the owner's property in a vicious or terrorizing manner in an apparent
<br />attitude of attack.
<br />Domestic animal means any of various animals domesticated by men so as to
<br />live and breed in a timely condition, including but not limited to horses,
<br />sheep, cattle, goats, hogs, poultry, cats, and dogs.
<br />Health Director means the director of Lee County Public Health Department.
<br />Inherently dangerous exotic animal is any member of the canidae, felidae
<br />or ursidae families, including hybrids thereof, which due to their
<br />inherent nature, as generally described below, may be considered dangerous
<br />to humans, and any member of the class reptilia which is venomous or the
<br />order of Crocodilia. Inherently dangerous exotic animals include, but are
<br />not limited to:
<br />(a) Canidae including any member of the dog (canid) family not
<br />customarily domesticated by man, or any hybrids of such canidae,
<br />thereof, including Wolf hybrids, which are a cross between a wolf
<br />and a domestic dog, but not including domestic dogs (Canis
<br />Familiaris;
<br />(b) Felidae including any member of the cat family weighing over
<br />fifteen (15) pounds not customarily domesticated by man, e.g.,
<br />lions, tigers, cougars, cheetahs, pumas, or any hybrids of such
<br />felidae, but not including domestic cats Velis catus);
<br />(c) Ursidae including any member of the bear family, or hybrids of
<br />such ursidae;
<br />(d) A venomous reptile including all members of the families
<br />Helodermidae (e.g., gila monsters and Mexican bearded lizards),
<br />Viperdae (vipers), Crotalidae (pit vipers), Atractaspidae (burrowing
<br />asps), Hydrophilidae (sea snakes), and Elapidae (cobras, coral
<br />snakes, and their allies), as well as any "rear fanged" snakes of
<br />the family Colubride that are known to be dangerous to humans e.g.,
<br />Dispholidus typus (boomslang), Thebtornis kirtlandii (Twig snake)
<br />and Rhabdophisspp (keelbacks) and;
<br />(e) Members of the order of Crocodilia (e.g., crocodiles,
<br />alligators, and caiman).
<br />Exposed to rabies means an animal, except for a human being, which has
<br />been bitten by or been exposed to any animal known or reasonably suspected
<br />to have been infected with rabies.
<br />Microchipped means to permanently implant a radio-frequency identification
<br />chip into an animal containing information identifying the animal's owner.
<br />Neutered means any male animal which has been operated upon to prevent
<br />conception.
<br />Owner means any person keeping, having charge of, sheltering, feeding,
<br />harboring or taking care of any animal for 72 hours or more. If the owner
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