- ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF KELLOGG
- Any designated City official appointed by the Mayor and/or City Council of the City of Kellogg, such as the Maintenance Supervisor, etc.
- ANIMAL KENNEL
- A place, caged or boxed, where a domestic animal is kept from roaming freely.
- ANIMAL SHELTER
- Any premises designated by licensing from the State of Minnesota for the purpose of impounding and caring for animals held.
- ANIMALS, DOMESTIC
- Animals commonly kept for house pets, including but not limited to dogs, cats, birds and other similar animals.
- ANIMALS, EXOTIC
A. Any skunk.
B. Any large cat of the family Felidae, such as lions, tigers, jaguars, leopards, cougars and ocelots, except commonly accepted domesticated house cats.
C. Any member of the family Canidea, such as wolves, foxes, coyotes, dingoes and jackals, except commonly accepted domestic dogs.
D. Any crossbreed, such as the crossbreeds between dogs and coyotes and coyotes or dogs and wolves, not including crossbred domesticated animals.
E. Any poisonous pit viper, such as a rattlesnake, coral snake, water moccasin or cobra.
F. Any raccoon.
G. Any other animal not listed above, but which is not naturally tame or gentle, but is of a wild nature or disposition and which, because of its size, vicious nature or other characteristics, would constitute a danger to human life or property.
H. Any animal kept in captivity that is strictly prohibited by law.
- AT LARGE
A. A domestic animal that is off the premises of the owner and is:
(1) Not on a leash held by a responsible person; or
(2) Not accompanied by and under the direct control of a responsible person so as to be effectively restrained by command.
B. A domestic animal shall not be determined to be at large if:
(1) When engaged in obedience training and under the control of its owner or a responsible person; or
(2) Running loose on the owner's property, or property under the owner's control and under the control of a responsible party. If the animal is running loose on the owner's property and runs onto adjacent public or private property and does not respond to a person, then the animal is considered at large.
- DANGEROUS ANIMAL
A. Any animal with a known propensity, tendency or disposition to attack unprovoked, to cause injury, or to otherwise endanger the safety of human beings or other animals, or any dog owned or harbored primarily or in part for the purpose of dog fighting or any trained for dog fighting.
B. Any animal that attacks. "Attack" shall mean the deliberate action of an animal, whether or not in response to a command by a person, to bite, to seize with its teeth or to pursue any human, other animal or inanimate object, with the intent to destroy, kill, wound, injure or otherwise harm the object of its action.
- DOG
- Any animal of the canine species.
- OWNER, CUSTODIAN
- Any person, persons, firm or corporation owning, harboring or keeping animals.