(13) CURRENTLY VACCINATED means vaccinated against rabies by a licensed veterinarian, with a rabies vaccine licensed by the U.S. "Conviction" includes disposition of charges against a person by probation or deferred adjudication. (12) CONVICTION means a conviction in a federal court or a court of any state or foreign nation or political subdivision of a state or foreign nation that has not been reversed, vacated, or pardoned. (B) shows or competes in a confirmation, obedience, agility, carting, herding, protection, rally, sporting, working, or other event sponsored by an approved dog breed registry. (A) is of a breed recognized by and registered with an approved dog breed registry, such as the American Kennel Club, the United Kennel Club, the American Dog Breeders Association, or any other dog breed registry approved by the director and (11) COMPETITION DOG means a pedigreed dog not used for breeding that: (B) competes in cat shows or other competition events sponsored by an approved cat breed registry. (A) is of a breed recognized by and registered with an approved cat breed registry, such as the American Cat Fanciers Association, the Cat Fanciers' Association, the International Cat Association, or any other cat breed registry approved by the director and (10) COMPETITION CAT means a pedigreed cat not used for breeding that: (9) CHIEF OF POLICE means the head of the police department of the city of Dallas or a designated representative. (8) AUTHORIZED REGISTRAR means a person issued written permission by the director to register dogs and cats in compliance with this chapter. (7) ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION means a non-profit organization incorporated under state law and exempt from federal taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code, as amended, and whose principal purpose is the prevention of cruelty to animals and whose principal activity is to rescue sick, injured, abused, neglected, unwanted, abandoned, orphaned, lost, or displaced animals and to adopt them to good homes. (6) ANIMAL SHELTER means a city-owned and operated animal shelter facility established for the impoundment, quarantine, care, adoption, euthanasia, and other disposition of unwanted, stray, diseased, or vicious animals. (5) ANIMAL SERVICES OFFICER means an employee of animal services whose duty it is to enforce the provisions of this chapter. (4) ANIMAL SERVICES means the division of the department so designated by the director for the purpose of animal care and control and enforcement of this chapter. (3) ANIMAL means any nonhuman vertebrate. (2) ADOPTION AGENCY means an animal welfare organization or animal placement group approved by the director to take impounded dogs and cats from animal services for adoption to the public. (1) ADOPTER means a person who adopts an animal from an animal shelter or an animal adoption agency. Animals as prizes, promotions, and novelties.ĪRTICLE VIII. Interference with an animal services officer. Dangerous dog owned or harbored by minor.ĪRTICLE VI. Prohibition on owning a dog determined dangerous by another jurisdiction. Requirements for ownership of a dangerous dog noncompliance hearing. Restrictions on unsterilized dogs and cats. Confinement requirements for dogs kept outdoors. Defecation of dogs on public and private property failure to carry materials and implements for the removal and disposal of dog excreta. Limitation on the number of dogs and cats in dwelling units. Transporting an animal in an open bed of a motor vehicle.ĪRTICLE IV.
Unlawful placement of poisonous substances. Sanitary conditions maintenance of premises. Killing or euthanasia of animals.ĪRTICLE III.
State law local rabies control authority designated. Other provisions include the keeping of prohibited animals, the keeping of roosters, and noise disturbances by animals.ĪRTICLE II. Further, a person commits an offense if he or she breeds a dog or cat without a valid intact animal permit for the dog or cat.
Other provisions of interest include an anti-trapping provision a section that prohibits the carrying or transporting of an animal within the open bed of any moving pickup and limitations on the number of dogs or cats that residents can maintain based on the size of the lot and proximity to other dwellings. Dallas has a mandatory spay/neuter requirement an owner of a dog or cat commits an offense if the animal is not spayed or neutered once over six months old (subject to certain exemptions). Among the provisions is a requirement that an owner of an animal restrain the animal at all times in a fenced yard, in an enclosed pen or structure, or by a tether or leash. This comprises Dallas, Texas' animal control and dangerous dog ordinances.
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