<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 6-201. - Definitions.</div>
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               The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the
               meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates
               a different meaning:
               
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                  (a)
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                  <span class="ital">Dangerous exotic animal</span> means any animal which:
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                  (1)
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                  Is not native or indigenous to this state;
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                  (2)
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                  Would ordinarily be confined to a zoo;
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                  (3)
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                  Does not have an established wild population in this state;
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                  (4)
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                  Is not regulated by the state wildlife commission;
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                  (5)
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                  Is likely to cause a reasonable person to be fearful of significant destruction of
                  property or of bodily harm, including, but not limited to, non-human primates, ocelots,
                  wolves, hybrid wolves, venomous reptiles, and other such animals; or
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                  (6)
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                  All mammals designated by the centers for disease control and prevention, department
                  of agriculture or other national or state public health protection agencies as embargoed
                  or prohibited.
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                  (b)
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                  <span class="ital">Harborer of inherently dangerous exotic mammal or inherently dangerous reptile</span> means any person, regardless of ownership, who allows an inherently dangerous exotic
                  mammal or inherently dangerous reptile to remain, lodge, be fed, or to be given shelter
                  or refuge within the person's home, store, yard, enclosure, outbuilding, abandoned
                  vehicle or building, place of business, or any other premises in which the person
                  resides or over which the person has control.
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                  (c)
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                  <span class="ital">Inherently dangerous exotic mammal</span> means any member of the Canidae, Felidae, Ursidae, or Elephantidae families or any
                  member of the order primates, excluding humans, including hybrids thereof, which,
                  due to their inherent nature, may be considered dangerous to humans, are exotic animals,
                  and include, but are not limited to the following:
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                  (1)
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                  <span class="ital">Canidae</span> means any member of the dog (Canid) family not customarily domesticated by man or
                  any hybrids of such Canidae, including wolf hybrids which are a cross between a wolf
                  and a domestic dog, but not including domestic dogs (Canis familiaris).
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                  (2)
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                  <span class="ital">Felidae</span> means any member of the cat family not customarily domesticated by man, or any hybrids
                  of such Felidae, but not including domestic cats (Felis catus).
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                  (3)
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                  <span class="ital">Ursidae</span> means any member of the bear family, or hybrids of such Ursidae.
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                  (4)
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                  <span class="ital">Primate</span> means any member of the order primates.
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                  (5)
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                  <span class="ital">Elephants</span> (members of the genus Elaphus or Loxodonta).
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                  (d)
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                  <span class="ital">Inherently dangerous reptile</span> means any member of the reptilia class which:
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                  (1)
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                  Is venomous. A venomous reptile shall include all members of the families Helodermidae
                  (gila monsters and Mexican beaded lizards), Viperidae (vipers), Crotalidae (pit vipers),
                  Atractaspidae (burrowing asps), Hydrophilidae (sea snakes), and Elapidae (cobras,
                  coral snakes, and their allies), as well as any rear-fanged snakes of the family Colubridae
                  that are known to be dangerous to humans, including, but not limited to, Dispholidus
                  typus (boomslang), Thebtornis kirtlandii (twig snake), Rhabdophis (keelbacks).
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                  (2)
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                  Is a large constrictor. Constricting reptiles more than eight feet in length
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                  (3)
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                  Is a member of the order Crocodilia (crocodiles and caiman).
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                  (4)
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                  Is a Komodo Dragon or Komodo monitor (Varanus komodoensis).
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               (Ord. of 8-17-2009; Ord. No. 2014-04, 6-16-2014; Ord. No. 2023-02, 3-6-2023)
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            <p class="refcross0" block_type="hang"><b>Cross referenceâ€” </b>
               Definitions generally, <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH1GEPR_S1-2DERUCO" class="section-link" data-product-id="13891">Â§ 1-2</a>.
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