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Title V - PUBLIC PROTECTION
<br />Chapter 62 ANIMALS
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<br />Orono, Minnesota, Code of Ordinances Created: 2025-02-26 08:25:02 [EST]
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<br />Chapter 62 ANIMALS1
<br />ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL
<br />Sec. 62-1. Definitions.
<br />The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to
<br />them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
<br />Animals means farm animals and all other animals, reptiles and feathered birds or fowl except dogs,
<br />domestic cats, gerbils, hamsters and caged household birds.
<br />Dangerous animals means any wild mammal, reptile or fowl which is not naturally tame or gentle but is of a
<br />wild nature or disposition and which, because of its size, vicious nature or other characteristics, would constitute a
<br />danger to human life or property if it is not kept or maintained in a safe manner or in secure quarters. The term
<br />"dangerous animal" also means and includes any domestic mammal, reptile or fowl which, because of its size or
<br />vicious propensity or other characteristic, would constitute a danger to human life or property if it is not kept or
<br />maintained in a safe manner or in secure quarters. The term "dangerous animal" does not include a dangerous dog
<br />as defined in Minn. Stat. § 347.50.
<br />Farm animals means cattle, horses, mules, sheep, goats, swine, ponies, ducks, geese, turkeys, chickens,
<br />guinea hens and honeybees.
<br />Owner means any person who owns, harbors, feeds, boards, keeps or otherwise possesses an animal, and
<br />who is the head of the household of the residence, or the owner or manager in charge of the establishment or
<br />premises at which an animal remains, or to which it returns.
<br />(Code 1984, § 9.13(1))
<br />Cross reference(s)—Definitions generally, § 1-2.
<br />Sec. 62-2. Interference with officers prohibited.
<br />It is unlawful for the owner of any dog to interfere with any police officer or other city employee in the
<br />performance of his duty to enforce this chapter.
<br />(Ord. No. 137 2nd series, § 9.12(11)(3), 7-24-1995)
<br />Sec. 62-3. Keeping.
<br />It is unlawful for any person to keep or harbor any animal, not in transit, except:
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<br />1Cross reference(s)—Animal regulations in parks, § 22-95; health and sanitation, ch. 50; environment, ch. 58;
<br />animal trapping, § 70-71.
<br />State law reference(s)—General authority relative to animals, Minn. Stat. § 412.221, subd. 21; animal health,
<br />Minn. Stat. ch. 35; dogs and cats, Minn. Stat. ch. 347; cruelty to animals, Minn. Stat. § 343.20 et seq.
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