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Animals: "Leash Law" and Confinement
The City of Bowling Green?s Animal Ordinance requires that animals be properly confined and cared for at all times. Animals, including cats, are to be prevented from ?roaming at large? or trespassing on the property of others.
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Confine pets in compliance with the ordinance, which reads in part as follows:
a. All animals, except puppies and dogs: confinement shall mean on the premises of the owner, or if off the premises of the owner, under restraint by means of a lead, leash, harness, appropriate animal carrier or other reasonable method and under the control of a responsible person.
b. Puppies and dogs: confinement shall mean on the premises of the owner and confined in a secure enclosure or accompanied by the owner on the owner's property and under his direct control. If off the premises of the owner, the animal must be restrained by a lead or leash and under the control of a responsible person, or accompanied by a responsible person into an approved off-leash area and in conformance with all regulations and/or requirements imposed as a condition of utilizing such "off-leash" area.
c. All livestock: confinement shall mean by a fence in good repair sufficient to prevent the livestock from leaving the owner?s property.
Abide by the tethering restrictions listed in the ordinance, which prohibits the exclusive restraint of a dog or puppy by a fixed-point chain or tether. A fixed-point restraint may be used temporarily but not to exceed more than one hour in a twenty-four hour period. Any chains or tethers used to restrain a dog or puppy should: a) not weigh more than 1/8 of the dog or puppy?s body weight, b) be at least ten feet in length and have swivels on both ends, and c) be attached to a properly fitting collar or harness worn by the animal. Animal Control & Protection recommends the use of a trolley-style tethering system, as allowed in the ordinance as follows:
2. A dog may be exclusively restrained by a chain or tether provided that it is at least ten feet in length and attached to a pulley or trolley mounted on a cable which is also at least ten feet in length and mounted no more than seven feet above ground level.
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Animal Control & Protection will investigate all reports of animal ordinance violations. Depending on the nature of the violation, animals may be impounded and/or the owner fined for violations. The Code Enforcement Board serves as the hearing enforcement body for animal ordinance violations, with the exception of animal cruelty, vicious animal and bite cases.
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Animal Control & Protection, BG Police Department, 911 Kentucky St., 393-4000Animals: Wild and Exotic
The City’s Animal Ordinance governs the keeping of wild and exotic animals, and reads in part as follows:
“Exotic or wild animal” shall mean any live monkey, nonhuman primate, member of the feline species other than domestic cat, member of the canine species other than domestic dog, raccoon, skunk, fox, bear, leopard, panther, tiger, lion, lynx or any other warm-blooded animal that can normally be found in the wild, alligator, crocodile, cayman, sea mammal, venomous or poisonous reptiles, amphibians or insects, constrictor snakes, any other animal identified by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources as inherently dangerous to human health and safety, and any other animal that would require a standard of care and control greater than that required for customary household pets sold by commercial pet shops or domestic farm animals. Wild animal does not include domestic dogs (excluding hybrids with wolves, coyotes or jackals), domestic cats (excluding hybrids with ocelots or margays), farm animals, rodents or any hybrid animal that is part wild and captive-bred species of common cage birds.
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Abide by the animal ordinance sections pertaining to exotic and wild animals. Anyone wishing to own, harbor or keep any exotic or wild animal must obtain a permit (at no charge) from the City of Bowling Green and, where required by statute, from the State Department of Fish and Wildlife. Permits shall be given by the City only if it is demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Animal Control Officer that the facility where the animal is to be kept is adequate for that animal, the animal is or will be properly restrained and the animal will not constitute a threat to public health or safety. Any movement of the exotic or wild animal within the City will also require the written permission of the Animal Control Officer.
Report violations of this section of the animal ordinance to Animal Control & Protection.
Contact Animal Control & Protection for instructions in seeking a permit for wild/exotic animals.
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Animal Control Officers will investigate reports of animal ordinance violations, participate in the permitting process, and make inspections of facilities where wild or exotic animals will be kept. The City will maintain a database of permits and locations where these animals will be located.
If I am interested, who do I contact...
Animal Control & Protection, Bowling Green Police Department, 393-4000
Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife, Wildlife Biologists/Private Lands, 746-7128