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EricWI
at Mon Aug 31 20:06:28 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by EricWI ]
I sent out an email earlier, here is the reply I received. Obviously this ordinance was copied verbatim from Green Bay's ordinance:
I appreciate your concerns and thank you for contacting us regarding them. The goal of this ordinance is to prohibit people from keeping animals that we consider inherently dangerous. We understand and appreciate that there are many enthusiasts such as you who keep animals that some would consider "exotic" in a safe and responsible manner. When the animals are kept in a responsible manner, this department tends to not be aware of their existence within the Village. It is when the animals are being kept by untrained people and they escape or harm someone that we become aware of the situation.
As for the new story, we provided the media with some pictures of "less than common" animals that we have found over the last couple of years. This is not to say that all of these animals would be prohibited under the proposed ordinance, just to show that we are running into more than just the traditional cats and dogs. I am aware that "constrictor" is not a type of animal however this was information that the media had found and chose to report on.
Here is a proposed list of prohibited animals per the ordinance, if you have any opinions or concerns about some of the animals included in this list, feel free to contact me with these and I would be happy to discuss with you why they were included in this list.
1. Class Mammalia
(a) Order Chiroptera. (Any bat species)
(b) Order Artiodactyla. (Hippopotamuses, giraffes, camels, deer) Excludes domestic cattle, swine, sheep, goats, alpaca, and llama.
(c) Order Carnivora.
(i) Family Felidae. (Lions, tigers, cougars, leopards, ocelots, servals) Excluding domestic cats.
(ii) Family Canidae. (Wolves, coyotes, foxes, jackals) Excluding domestic dogs.
(iii) Family Ursidae. (All bears)
(iv) Family Mustelidae. (Weasels, skunks, martins, minks) Excluding ferrets.
(v) Family Procyonidae. (Raccoons, coatis)
(vi) Family Hyaenidae. (Hyenas)
(vii) Family Viverridae. (Civets, genets, mongooses)
(d) Order Edentatia. (Anteaters, armadillos, sloths)
(e) Order Marsupialia. (Opossums, kangaroos, wallabies, sugar gliders)
(f) Order Perissodactyla. (Rhinoceroses, tapirs) Excluding horses, donkeys and mules).
(g) Order Primates. (Lemurs, monkeys, chimpanzees, gorillas)
(h) Order Proboscidae. (Elephants)
(i) Order Rodentia. (Squirrels, beavers, porcupines, prairie dogs) Excluding guinea pigs, rats, mice, gerbils, and hamsters.
2. Class Reptilia
(a) Order Squamata.
(i) Family Helodermatidae. (Gila Monsters and Mexican beaded lizards)
(ii) Family Varanidae. (Any monitor which will normally grow over two feet in length)
(iii) Family Iguanaidae. (Only green iguanas and rock iguanas)
(iv) Family Boidae. (All species whose adult length may exceed eight feet)
(v) Family Colubridae. (Boomslangs and African twig snakes)
(vi) Family Elapidae. (Coral snakes, cobras, mambas)
(vii) Family Nactricidae. Only keelback snakes.
(viii) Family Viperidae. (Copperheads, cottonmouths, rattlesnakes)
(b) Order Crocodilia. (Crocodiles, alligators, caimans, gavials)
3. Class Aves
(a) Order Falconiformes. (Eagles, hawks, vultures)
(b) Order Rheiformes. (Rheas)
(c) Order Struthioniformes. (Ostriches)
(d) Order Casuariiformes. (Cassowaries and emus)
(e) Order Strigiformes. (Owls)
4. Class Arachnida
(a) Order Scorpiones, Family Buthidae.
(i) Arabian fat-tailed scorpion - Androctonus crassicauda
(ii) Arizona centruroides scorpion - Centruroides exilicauda
(iii) Death stalker - Leiurus quinquestriatus
(iv) Egyptian yellow scorpion - Androctonus amoreuxi
(v) Israeli black scorpion - hottentotta judaicus
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(vi) S.A. giant fat-tailed scorpion - Parabuthus transvaalicus
(vii) Sinai desert scorpion - Androctonus bicolor
(viii) Yellow desert scorpion - Androctonus australia
(b) Order Araneae, Family Therididae.
(i) Argentina red widow spider - Latrodectus coralinus
(ii) Brown widow spider - Latrodectus geometricus
(iii) Red-black widow - Latrodectus hasselti
(iv) Red widow spider - Latrodectus bishopi
(v) Southern black widow spider - Latrodectus mactans
(vi) Western widow - Latrodectus hesperus
(c) Order Araneae, Family Loxoscelidae, Brown recluse spider - Loxosceles reclusa 5. Class Chilopoda
(a) Order Scolopendromorpha, Family Scolopendridae.
(i) Amazon giant banded centipede - Scolopendra giganea
(ii) Arizona Tiger Centipede - Scolopendra viridis
(iii) Florida keys centipede - Scolopendra alternans
6. Any Federal or State Endangered or Threatened Species.
Sincerely,
Ryan M. Windorff #803
Community Service / Humane Officer
Ashwaubenon Dept. of Public Safety
2155 Holmgren Way
Ashwaubenon, WI 54304
920-492-2995
Office: 920-593-4489
Cell: 920-371-1708
Fax: 920-492-2986
www.ashpublicsafety.com
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RE: WI-Exotic Pets Becoming a Common Problem - EricWI, Mon Aug 31 20:06:28 2009