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GENERAL PROVISIONS § 95,001 PURPOSE AND INTENT. The purpose of this chapter is to promote health, safety and general welfare of animals and the people around them by requiring anirnals be cared for in such a manner that they will not become a public nuisance, requiring animals be properly fed, sheltered and cared for, requiring the removal of animal defecation from public property and to ensure licensing of dogs and rabies vaccination of all dogs and cats within the City of Lake Elmo. (Ord. 08-088,passed 10-15-2013) § 95.002 STATE CODE ADOPTED. All of the relevant provisions of Minnesota Statutes Chapter 343, as amended, are hereby incorporated by reference into this chapter with the same force and effect as if fiilly set forth in this chapter. (Ord. 08-088,passed 10-15-2013) § 95.003 CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION. This chapter shall not be interpreted as covering any law regulating the trapping of animals, the use of live animals in dog trials or in training of hunting dogs, or the slaughter of animals by persons acting under state and federal law, or taking of animals through hunting or fishing as permitted by law. (Ord. 09-088,passed 10-15-2013) § 95.004 DEFINITIONS. For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning. ADULT DOG. A dog over 4 months of age. ANIMAL. Any live vertebrate or invertebrate creature either domestic or wild, except a human being. ANIMAL, DANGEROUS. Any animal that is declared to be dangerous by the animal control officer after a temperament test has been conducted on the animal or as defined by § 11.01 of this code. ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER. Any person designated by the city to enforce state statutes, adopted by reference, and local ordinances as they pertain to animal control. ANIMAL SHELTER, PUBLIC. A facility operated by a humane society, or a governmental agency or its authorized agents for the purpose of impounding or caring for animals. ANIMAL, WILD OR EXOTIC. Apes, coyotes, foxes, wolves, bears, cougars, lynx, bobcats, wild boars, cheetahs, jaguars, lions, tigers, leopards, panthers, ocelots, monkeys, elephants or other similar animals as determined by the humane officer. AT LARGE. To be off the premises of the owner and not under the control of some person, either by leash or otherwise, but a dog or cat within an automobile of its owner or in an automobile of any other person with the consent of the dogs or cat's owner, shall be deemed to be upon the owner's premises. CAT. A domesticated animal of the feline type (Felis domesticus), except for a feral cat. CAT, ALTERED. A cat which has been certified in writing by a veterinarian as being nonreproductive. CAT, FERAL. A cat without owner identification of any kind whose usual and consistent temperament is extreme fear and resistance to contact with people. A FERAL CAT is unsocialized to people.