<div class="chunk-title">APPENDIX A. - STANDARDS FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ENCLOSURES OF WILD OR VICIOUS ANIMALS<sup>[6]</sup></div>
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            This appendix specified minimum standards for the construction of primary and secondary
            enclosures which are to be used to keep, harbor or restrain wild or vicious animals.
            If, because of the breeding, history, character, or other particular trait, it is
            the opinion of the animal control officer that these standards are insufficient to
            restrain any wild or vicious animal, he shall report such findings to the sheriff
            and county manager and issue no permits until standards sufficient to restrain the
            animal are developed and adopted by the county commissioners.
            
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               1.
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               Primary enclosures used to keep, harbor, or restrain the following animals shall be
               constructed with the materials and in the manner specified:
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               a.
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               <span class="ital">Cheetah, lion, tiger and hybrids thereof.</span> Animals in this category shall be housed within a primary enclosure which has at
               a minimum, 600 square feet per animal. There shall be no more than one male and two
               females in any one primary enclosure. There shall be no common fences between enclosures
               housing tigers and any other animals. If adult male animals are placed in adjacent
               enclosures these enclosures shall be constructed of no smaller than nine gauge steel
               chainlink fence, doubled, and spaced so as to prohibit physical contact between two
               males. All enclosures shall have double safety doors.
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               The enclosure shall be constructed of not less than nine gauge steel chainlink fence
               attached to not smaller than 2Â½-inch diameter, schedule 40 steel poles place at least
               30 inches in the ground and anchored in 30 inches of concrete, and of sufficient length
               to extend to the top of the fence, and shall be placed no more than ten feet apart.
               Enclosures with roofs shall have sides a minimum of eight feet high, and enclosures
               without roofs shall have sides at least 12 feet high. Roofs of enclosures shall be
               constructed of the same material as the sides, and be firmly attached to the sides
               with no gaps.
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               b.
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               <span class="ital">Leopards, mountain lions and hybrids thereof.</span> Animals in this category shall be housed in enclosures meeting all requirements set
               out in this subsection for tigers and in addition thereto, the enclosures shall have
               a roof constructed of at least nine gauge steel chainlink fencing, attached firmly
               to the sides with no gaps.
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               c.
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               <span class="ital">Jaguars.</span> Jaguars of any species shall be housed in enclosures constructed to the same standards
               as those required for leopards, except that the fencing shall consist of not smaller
               than six gauge steel chainlink fencing for the sides and roof; however, the roof may
               consist of nine gauge steel chainlink fencing provided the sides are at least ten
               feet high. The fencing shall be firmly secured to vertical and horizontal piping or
               rods, and must be firmly secured at three-inch intervals to the bottom horizontal
               crossbar which shall be no more than three inches above the floor.
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               d.
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               <span class="ital">Caracal, bobcat, lynx, ocelot, serval and hybrids thereof.</span> Animals in this category shall be housed in enclosures completely enclosed with a
               minimum of 80 square feet for each animal, and of a minimum height of eight feet.
               Walls and roof tops of cages shall be constructed of no smaller than 11Â½-gauge steel
               chainlink fencing secured to steel poles not smaller than 1Â½-inch diameter and placed
               at least 30 inches in the ground in 30 inches of concrete not more than ten feet apart.
               Enclosures shall have double safety doors.
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               e.
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               <span class="ital">Bears.</span> Large bears are considered to be among the more dangerous as well as the more escape
               prone of all animals. Bears shall be housed in primary enclosures with at least 600
               square feet per animal. There shall be not more than one male and one female per primary
               enclosure. The primary enclosure shall be constructed of solid steel bars at least
               three-fourths inch in diameter, anchored in the ground at least 30 inches and in 30
               inches of concrete. Such enclosures shall be at least ten feet high and shall have
               a top or roof constructed of the same material as the sides and firmly attached thereto
               with no gaps therein. All such enclosures shall have a cross weld at least every four
               inches, and shall have a floor of concrete, covered with plywood or earth sufficiently
               to protect the animals housed therein.
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               2.
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               Secondary enclosures. The purpose of a secondary enclosure is to serve as a perimeter
               fence surrounding all primary enclosures, in order to protect the public by prevention
               of escape by an animal accidentally freed from its primary enclosures.
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               Secondary enclosures shall be constructed of not smaller than 11Â½-gauge steel chain
               link fencing at least 12 feet in height and shall encompass all primary enclosures.
               The fencing shall be attached to steel poles not smaller than 2Â½-inch diameter and
               set in 30 inches of concrete, or cedar or creosote posts of equivalent strength. All
               posts shall be placed at least 30 inches in the ground and be spaced not more than
               15 feet apart. Secondary enclosures shall not have any common wall with any primary
               enclosure, and all such enclosures shall be continuously electrified. Any secondary
               enclosure surrounding enclosures of animals capable of fence climbing shall be electrified
               at the bottom and middle, and shall also have an electrified overhand to prevent climbing.
               Secondary enclosures housing digging animals such as hyenas, wild dogs, and bears
               shall be so constructed as to be tunnel proof. The strength of the secondary enclosure
               shall be appropriate to the animals enclosed as well as to the conditions and shall
               be so constructed that no single foreseeable event can jeopardize the structural integrity
               of both the primary and secondary enclosure. All enclosures shall have double safety
               doors, each of which shall be secured by a lock. All such enclosures shall be located
               a sufficient distance from the primary enclosure and from all other structures, rocks,
               trees or terrain features that no such primary enclosures, structure, rock, tree,
               or terrain feature may be used as a leaping platform.
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               In the event that cedar or creosote posts are used for line posts, all corner posts
               and posts at sharp angles shall be of steel and at least four inches in diameter,
               and all posts other than corner or angle posts shall be located on the outside of
               the fencing. In the event that cedar or creosote posts are used, they shall be replaced
               with steel posts at least 2Â½ inches in diameter, schedule 40 when replacement is needed,
               or within six years, whichever is earlier.
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               3.
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               No variations from these standards shall be made by the animal control officer.
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               4.
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               No wild or vicious animal for which there appears no standard for construction of
               primary enclosures in this appendix shall be brought into the county.
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               5.
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               All primary and secondary enclosures shall be so designed and constructed that no
               single foreseeable event or series of events shall break the structural integrity
               of the primary and secondary enclosures.
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            (Ord. of 6-20-1983, App. A)
            </p><div class="footnote-content"><div style="font-weight:bold;">Footnotes: </div> --- (<b>6</b>) ---
            
            <p class="refeditorFN"><b>Editor's noteâ€”</b>
               Following is the appendix to Ord. of June 20, 1983, concerning enclosures for wild
               and vicious animals.
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