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FINAL DRAFT Lino Lakes Animal Ordinance paragraph 3 below and pays the permit fee established by City Council ordinance. No organization covered by this paragraph may have wild animals within the city on more than 7 days in a consecutive 12 -month period, except that an organization listed above that has a wild animal within the city on the effective date of this section may continue to keep that animal as long as it lives if the organization obtains a permit from the city and complies with the standards specified in paragraph 3 below. 3. An organization that has obtained a permit under paragraph 2 above must comply with the following standards at all times that it possesses a wild animal within the city. a. A non - governmental organization must have liability insurance to cover potential personal injury or property damage caused by the animal(s), in an amount of at least $300,000 per person per occurrence. b. The animal(s) must be kept in a locked cage or other secure enclosure at all times when the public is allowed to be near them. c. The cage or enclosure must be constructed of sufficient materials so that a person, including a child, cannot put a finger, hand, or another portion of the body into the cage or enclosure so that the animal(s) could touch it. Alternatively, structural barriers may be used to keep the public away from the cage or enclosure. d. Only personnel with adequate training or experience in handling wild animals may have contact with the animal(s) while in the city. e. The animal(s) must be transported to the display location in the city in a secure enclosure sufficient to prohibit potential contact with humans or other animals, except the personnel identified under subparagraph (d) above. f. No sale of a wild animal(s) may occur, nor may orders for the sale of wild animals be taken. g. The display location must be inspected by authorized city personnel before the wild animal(s) may be brought into the city. h. Authorized city personnel must be allowed to periodically inspect the display location during reasonable hours while the animal(s) is /are in the city. i. If a wild animal bites a person, the animal must be forfeited immediately to authorized city personnel for rabies testing. 503.15 RABIES; ANIMAL BITES. 1. A dog or animal displaying symptoms of being rabid may be seized at any place or time and will be confined in the city impounding facility at the expense of the owner, until found to be free from rabies. Amended 3/15/05 Page 12 of 15