<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 4-52. - Application of article; exceptions.</div>
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               The provisions of this article do not apply to:
               
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                  (1)
                  
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                  A law enforcement dog or guard dog being used by a law enforcement officer or bona
                  fide professional security guard to carry out the law enforcement officer's or security
                  guard's official duties or professional responsibilities;
                  
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                  (2)
                  
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                  A dog being used in a lawful hunt;
                  
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                  (3)
                  
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                  A dog where the injury or damage inflicted by the dog was sustained by a domestic
                  animal while the dog was working as a hunting dog, herding dog, or predator control
                  dog on the property of, or under the control of, its owner, keeper or harborer, and
                  the damage or injury was to a species or type of domestic animal appropriate to the
                  work of the dog; or
                  
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                  (4)
                  
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                  A dog where the injury inflicted by the dog was sustained by a person who, at the
                  time of the injury, was tormenting, abusing, or assaulting the dog, had tormented,
                  abused, or assaulted the dog, or was committing or attempting to commit a crime.
                  
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               (Ord. No. 2008-5, Â§ II, 6-11-2008)
               
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