Redlands Municipal Code Ch. 6.16 Wild or Undomesticated Animals

No person shall offer for sale, give away, bring into or maintain within an area coming within the jurisdiction of this chapter, any lion, tiger, bear, wolf, wolf hybrids, cougar, ocelot, wildcat, skunk, venomous or dangerous snake or other such wild animals (ferae naturae), irrespective of their actual or asserted state of docility, tameness, or domesticity. The animal control bureau may impound any such animal and release it to an agency suitable for maintaining the animal or dispose of it in a humane manner after three (3) working days to allow for legal restraining action by the owner. (Ord. 2392 § 19, 1998: prior code § 57400)

The provisions of this chapter shall not prohibit the keeping or maintaining of wild animals within the city under the following conditions:

A. Legally operated zoos, circuses, carnivals, exhibits or shows, unless the animal control department, the county veterinarian, or the health department officer shall give forty eight (48) hours' advance notice that by reason of inadequate caging or other means of protection of the public from such animals or by a particular hazard connected with the animal or animals involved, the public health and welfare will be endangered;

B. Wild animals in a bona fide, licensed veterinary hospital for treatment;

C. Keeping of experimental animals or reptiles by a research laboratory, hospital, or educational institution for experimental purposes;

D. A permit has been issued as outlined in section 6.24.010 of this title for the nondomestic animals. (Ord. 2392 § 20, 1998: prior code § 57401)