§ 4-17. Performing animal exhibitions.

(a)

No performing animal exhibition or circus shall be permitted in which animals are induced or encouraged to perform through the use of chemical, mechanical, electrical, or manual devices in a manner which will cause, or is likely to cause, physical injury or suffering.

(b)

All equipment used on a performing animal shall fit properly and be in good working conditions.

(Ord. No. 77-17, § 11, 9-27-77; Ord. No. 18-03 , § 1, 4-10-18)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 18-03 , § 1, adopted Apr. 10, 2018, repealed § 4-18 which pertained to enforcement of restrictions on vicious animals and renumbered former § 4-19 as § 4-17. Former § 4-18 was derived from Ord. No. 77-17, § 6, adopted Sept. 27, 1977; Ord. No. 87-19, § 6a, adopted Nov. 10, 1987; and Ord. No. 05-14, § 1, adopted Apr. 26, 2005. The historical note of said section has been preserved for reference purposes.