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An Ordinance to Repeal and Recreate Subsections 7.12(1) and (2) of the City of West Allis Revised Municipal Code Relating to the Keeping of Animals.
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The Common Council of the City of West Allis do ordain as follows:
PART I. Subsections 7.12(1) and (2) of the Revised Municipal Code of the City of West Allis are hereby repealed and recreated to read:
7.12 Animals, Fowls and Birds.
(1) Keeping of Certain Animals Prohibited.
(a) Definitions.
1. Wild Animal. Those species of animal that are not typically domesticated by humans and usually live in nature. Wild animals include, but are not limited to, animals belonging to any or all of the following orders and families.
i. Class Mammalia.
a. Order Chiroptera (bats).
b. Order Artiodactyla (e.g. hippopotamuses, giraffes, camels, deer, cattle, swine, sheep, goats, alpaca, and llama).
c. Order Carnivora.
1. Family Felidae (e.g. lions, tigers, cougars, leopards, ocelots, servals), but not domestic cats.
2. Family Canidae (e.g. wolves, wolf-dog hybrids, coyotes, foxes, jackals), but not domestic dogs.
3. Family Ursidae (e.g. bears).
4. Family Mustelidae (e.g. weasels, skunks, martens, minks, wild ferrets), but not the domestic ferret species, mustela putorius furo.
5. Family Procyonidae (e.g. raccoons, coatis).
6. Family Hyaenidae (e.g. hyenas).
7. Family Viverridae (e.g. civets, genets).
8. Family Mephitidae (e.g. skunks).
9. Family Herpestidae (e.g. mongooses).
d. Order Edentata (e.g. anteaters, armadillos, sloths).
e. Order Marsupialia (e.g. opossums, kangaroos, wallabies), except sugar gliders.
f. Order Perissodactyla (e.g. rhinoceroses, tapirs, horses, donkeys).
g. Order Primates (e.g. lemurs, monkeys, chimpanzees, gorillas), except humans.
h. Order Proboscidea (e.g. elephants).
i. Order Rodentia (e.g. squirrels, beavers, porcupines, prairie dogs), but not guinea pigs, rats, m...
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