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Intent:
The metropolitan council finds and declares that wild or exotic animals often pose
serious threat to human health and safety and can cause severe environmental damage.
These animals have very specific biological requirements best met in their natural
environment. When it is necessary to confine them in captivity, they should be under
the supervision of qualified zoological or otherwise competent professional caretakers.
Furthermore, it is unsuitable and cruel to involve them in any display, act, or exhibit
which causes them to engage in unnatural behavior or expose the public to potential
injury. Because these animals constitute a threat if inadvertently set free, and because
they cannot legally be vaccinated against rabies at this time, their presence in a
community should always be known to government officials.
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(Ord. No. 9634 § 1, 5-26-93; Ord. No. 15384, § 4, 9-12-12)
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