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MUNICIPALITY OF BAYHAM
BY-LAW NO. 99-82
BEING A BY-LAW TO PROHIBIT AND REGULATE
THE KEEPING OF EXOTIC ANIMALS
IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BAYHAM
WHEREAS Paragraph 1 of Section 210 of the Municipal Act. R.S.O., 1990, Chapter M.45, as
amended provides that by-laws may be passed by councils of local municipalities for prohibiting
or regulating the keeping of animals or any class thereof;
AND WHEREAS the Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of Bayham at its regular
meeting held on October 15, 1998 gave first and second reading to By-law No. 98-90 to prohibit
and regulate the keeping of exotic animals;
AND WHEREAS Council now deems it necessary to rescind By-law No. 98-90 and enact and
pass a new By-law for this purpose.
THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY
OF BAYHAM HEREBY ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1. DEFINITIONS
l.a "Exotic Animal" shall mean a wild or non domesticated animal whether or not kept in
captivity and includes but is not limited to: bear,wolf,lion,bobcat, cougar,tiger, lynx,
ocelot, wildcat, puma, crocodile, alligator, venomous snake, constricting snake,
venomous lizard,venomous spider.
1.b The term"Exotic Animal" does not include cat, dog, deer, elk, bison, rodent, horse, cow,
mule, donkey,pony, sheep, goat, swine, chicken, goose,turkey, duck, emu, ostrich, lama,
homing pigeon, powder pigeon,tumbler pigeon,turtle, chinchilla, non venomous
snake, non venomous lizard, non venomous spider, cardinal, finch, budgie,bulbul,
canary,tanager, amazon, cockatoo, conure, macaw, parakeet, cockatiel, loorikeet,
touraco,toucan, oriel,mynah, magpie,barbet, arcaris, pied hornbell and cock-of-the-
rock;
1.c `Keep" shall mean own, possess or harbour;
1.d "Animal Control Officer" shall mean a person appointed by the Council whose duties
include the administration and enforcement of the Exotic Animal By-law.
2. PROHIBITED REGULATIONS
No person shall within the Municipality of Bayham keep an exotic animal.
3. ENFORCEMENT
An Animal Control Officer shall enforce this By-law.
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4. FINE
1. Any person who contravenes any provision of this By-law is guilty of an offence and
upon conviction liable to pay any penalty provided by the Provincial Offences Act.
2. The Court in which a conviction has been entered and any court of competent jurisdiction
thereafter may make an order prohibiting the continuation or repetition of the offence by
the person convicted and such order shall be in addition to any other penalty imposed on
the person convicted.
S. TEAT this By-law shall be in full force and effect upon the date of its enactment.
6. THAT By-law No. 98-90, having been given first and second reading only by the
Council of the Corporation of the Municipality of Bayham is hereby rescinded.
Read a first, second and third time and finally passed this 4th day of November, 1999.
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