Ordinance #113
Pets
Regulation of Animals - City of Portage

SEC. 7-1-13 PROHIBITED AND PROTECTED ANIMALS, FOWL, REPTILES AND INSECTS.

(a) Protected Animals.

(1) Possession and Sale of Protected Animals. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to possess with intent to sell or offer for sale, or buy or attempt to buy, within the City any of the following animals, alive or dead, or any part or product thereof: all wild cats of the family felidae, polar bear (thalarctos maritimus), red wolf (canis niger), vicuna (vicugna vicugna), or alligator, caiman or crocodile of the order of crocodilia, gray or timber wolf (canis lupus), sea otter (enhydra lutris), Pacific ridley turtle (lepidochelys olivacea), Atlantic green turtle (chelonia mydas), Mexican ridley turtle (lepidochelys kempi).

(2) Compliance with Federal Regulations. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to buy, sell or offer for sale a native or foreign species or subspecies of mammal, bird, amphibian or reptile, or the dead body or parts thereof, which appears on the endangered species list designated by the United States Secretary of the Interior and published in the Code 6f Federal Regulations pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1969 (Public Law 135, 91st Congress).

(3) Regulating the Importation of Certain Birds. No person, firm or corporation shall import or cause to be imported into this City any part of the plumage, skin or dead body of any species of hawk, owl or eagle. This paragraph shall not be construed to forbid or restrict the importation or use of the plumage, skin, body or any part thereof legally collected for use by the American Indians for ceremonial purposes or in the preservation of their tribal customs and heritage.

(b) Exceptions. The provisions of Subsection (a) above shall not be deemed to prevent the lawful importation, possession, purchase or sale of any species by any public agency, institute of higher learning, persons holding federal permits, or by a person holding a Scientific Collectors Permit issued by the Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources of the state, or to any person or organization licensed to present a circus.

(c) Wild Animals; Prohibition on Keeping or Feeding. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, maintain or have in his/her possession or under his/her control within the City any poisonous reptile or any other dangerous or carnivorous wild animal, insect or reptile, or any wild, vicious or dangerous domesticated animal or any other animal or reptile of wild, vicious or dangerous propensities. No person or persons shall en-age in the artificial feeding of any wildlife, including but not limited to, members of the deer family and wild turkeys, but excluding song birds, within the City limits. "Artificial feeding" is defined as the placement of shelled corn and/or other types of grain, salt or minerals on the ground or in feeders, mangers or any other type of structure or receptacle for the purpose of promoting wildlife activity. However, this prohibition against artificial feeding shall not apply to individuals conducting deer management practices approved, authorized and sponsored by the City of Portage. Specifically, it shall be unlawful for any person to keep, maintain or have in his/her possession or under his/her control within the City any of the following animals, reptiles or insects:

(1) All poisonous animals and reptiles including rear-fang snakes.

(2) Apes: Chimpanzees (Pan); gibbons (Hylobates); gorillas (Gorilla); orangutans (Pongo); ans siamangs (Symphalangus).