[FEL-L] Fwd: [NEOPOA-AnimalChat] Re: Ordinance would ban wild, exotic animals

[Prometheus Horse]

Here's some information about a municipal ordinance in process in Mayville, WI, which is near the Horicon Marsh wildlife area, a noted viewing spot by the National Audubon Society. We ask that polite but informative letters be written to the city council to dissuade them from passage of such a restrictive ordinance, given that one is more likely to be injured in their own home from the structure itself (slip and falls most notably) than from any animal, wild or pet.
   
  Tim Fuller
  President, NEOPOA

Eric <eric at theherpzone.com> wrote:
  To: NEOPOA-AnimalChat at yahoogroups.com
From: "Eric" <eric at .....com>
Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 22:24:04 -0000
Subject: [NEOPOA-AnimalChat] Re: Ordinance would ban wild, exotic animals

        City Council contact information is here:
http://www.mayvillecity.com/index.html

Eric
--- In NEOPOA-AnimalChat at yahoogroups.com, "Eric" <eric at ...> wrote:
>
> Since NEOPOA is Wisconsin based, I think we should stop this:
> 
> Ordinance would ban wild, exotic animals
> 
> By Aubrey Fleischer
> Special to The Reporter
> 
> MAYVILLE — An ordinance that would ban possession of wild and exotic
> animals was introduced Monday night to the Mayville Common Council.
> 
> The ordinance, which was first introduced a number of months ago at a
> Public Safety Committee meeting, is being proposed in response to a
> family that planned to move to Mayville with a type of African animal,
> said City Clerk Kathy Wild. The proposed ordinance is scheduled to be
> voted on by the Common Council next month.
> 
> Animals that would be banned include poisonous reptiles, insects and
> arachnids, venomous snakes, constrictor snakes, snakes exceeding 4
> feet in length, monitor lizards, non-human primates, bears,
> crocodiles, alligators, coyotes, elephants, gamecocks and other
> fighting birds, bats, hippopotamuses, several wild feline species,
> wolves, prairie dogs and offspring of domestic animal bred with wild
> animals.
> 
> City residents who already possess wild or exotic animals will be
> exempt from the ordinance if they register the animal with the City
> Clerk's Office within 60 days of the ordinance's effective date. Other
> businesses or organizations, including veterinary clinics and licensed
> animal rehabilitation homes, also will be able to possess the animals
> if they are properly registered.
> 
> Specific rules regarding housing such animals are provided in the
> ordinance. The animals must be photographed and microchipped for
> identification.
> 
>
http://www.fdlreporter.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070109/FON0105/701090398/1290/FONnews
>



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