Legal Aspects Pertaining to Animals Flashcards

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1
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Who owns the deer in WI?

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Wild Animals are whose property?

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public property

exceptions: pests -> rats. starlings, …

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3
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What is required ut keep wild animals?

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Permits

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4
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Migratory species are protected under ____ statues

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federal

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Non-migratory species are protected under _____ statues

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state and local statues

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Who owns the deer in WI?

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Define “animal” acc to the State

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  • living, warm-blooded creatures except humans
  • reptiles
  • amphibians
  • not including fish, insects!!!
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8
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Illegal to shoot/harass animals from ___

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vehicle

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illegal to drive/pressure animal with ____ or ___ (except farm operations)

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snowmobile or ATV

  • Ex: lead cow herds with ATV but not pressure deers
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Illegal to lead animals with ____

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motor vehicles

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11
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Is napping animals legal?

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  • No!
  • Especially dogs, cats, and pigeons
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Is it legal to incite fighting among fightings?

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  • No! Especially dogs, cocks, and bulls
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13
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Is it legal to train animals to fight?

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no

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14
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Is it legal to gamble on animal fights?

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no

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15
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Is it legal to be a spectator at animal fights?

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no!

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16
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Is it legal to sell or display colors chicks?

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no

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17
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Can you legally color chicks?

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Yes!

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18
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Owner repsonsibility: provide adequate care

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food, water, shelter, ventilation

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19
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legal ways to abandon an animal?

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None! very illegal!

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20
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“____” must be protected from predators

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small animals

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21
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illegal to use ______ drugs

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“performance-altering”

22
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Chickens are allowed with what conditions?

What are also prohibited?

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  • limit: 8
  • hens only
  • no slaughtering
  • must be confined
  • many other animals prohibited
23
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Prohibited Animals in Madison

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a) Nonhuman primates and prosimians
(chimpanzees, monkeys);
(b) Felids, except domesticated cats;
(c) Canids (wolf, coyotes, foxes) except domesticated
dogs;
(d) Prairie dogs; (Am. by Ord. 13,380, 8-2-03)
(e) Elephants;
(f) Crocodilians (alligators, crocodiles);
(g) Marsupials (kangaroos, opossums);
(h) Ungulates (hippopotamus, rhinoceros);
(i) Hyenas;
(j) Mustelids (skunks, otters, badgers) except ferrets;
(k) Procyonids (raccoons, coatis);
(l) Dasypodidae (anteaters, sloth, armadillos);
(m) Viverrids (mongooses, civets, genets);
(n) Reptilia over ten (10) feet in length (boa
constrictors, pythons);
(o) Venomous reptilia.
*** May be able to request a permit to raise these.

24
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Cat Owners Ordinance Requirements – City of Madison

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  • Cats must be currently vaccinated for rabies.
  • Cats must wear rabies vaccination, cat license
    and owner identification tags.
  • Cats must be leashed when off owner’s property.
  • Cats must not be allowed to run-at-large or
    trespass on public or private property.
  • Cat litter must be free of feces before placing in
    trash. Feces must be buried or flushed down the
    toilet.
25
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Cat must be currently vaccinated for ___

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rabies

26
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Cats must wear ___ vaccination, cat _____ and ______ tags

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rabies vaccination, cat license, owner ID tags

27
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Must cats be leashed when off owner’s property?

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Yes! Mandatory !

28
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Cats must not be allowed to ____ or ____ on public or private property

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  • run at large or trespass
29
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Cat litter must be free of ____ before placing trash. ___ Must be buried or flushed down toilet.

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Feces, feces

30
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Dog Owners Ordinance Requirements in Madison

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  • Keep your dog’s rabies vaccination and dog license current.
  • Dogs must wear current rabies, license and Owner I.D. tags.
  • Keep your dog leashed when off your property unless you are within
    the off-leash exercise areas in parks where dogs are allowed.
  • Obtain and display a Park Permit anytime your dog is in a park in
    which dogs are allowed.
  • Do not allow your dog to trespass on public or private property or run-
    at-large, unleashed, or unattended.
  • Do not confine your dog in a vehicle in extreme (hot or cold) weather.
  • Provide your dog with adequate shelter if kept outside for extended
    periods.
  • Dogs are not allowed on school grounds, beaches, or public
    cemeteries.
  • Do not allow your dog in any park where dogs are prohibited.
  • Prevent your dog from injuring any person, property or other
    animal.
  • Never allow your dog to bark at, intimidate, attack, or
    threaten another pet or any person.
  • Report to the Health Department, any bite incident in which
    your dog is involved, whether your dog bites a person, is
    bitten by, or fights with a wild animal or stray pet.
31
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You must keep your dog’s ____ and current ____

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rabies vaccination, dog license

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A
33
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keep your dog leashed when ____ unless you’re within the ____ in parks where dogs are allowed

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when off your property, within the off-leash exercise areas in parks

34
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obtain and display a ___ anytime your dog is in a park in which dogs ARE allowed

A

Park Permit

35
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Don’t allow your dog to trespass on ___ property or ____, ____, or ____

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  • on public or private property
  • run at large, unleashed, or unattended
36
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Do not confine your dog in a ____ in extreme (hot/cold) weather

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vehicle

37
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Provide your dog with adequate shelter if ____ for extended periods

A

kept outside

38
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Dogs are not allowed on what?

A
  • school grounds
  • beaches
  • public cemeteries
39
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don’t allow your dog in any park where ___

A

where dogs are prohibited

40
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Prevent your dog from injuring what?

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  • any person
  • property
  • other animals
41
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Never allow your dog to ___, ___, ___, or ____ another per/person

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  • bark at
  • intimate
  • attack
  • threaten
42
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Report to ____ about any ___ incident in which the dog of ___ is involved, whether it bites or is bitten by or fights

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  • report to Health Department
  • any BITE incident
  • in which YOUR dog was involved
43
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Dangerous Animal Laws in Madison: Reasonable grounds to believe an animal is dangerous are that the animal what?

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(a) Has attacked, bitten or injured another animal or human
being engaged in a lawful activity; or

(b) Has without provocation and off the property of its
owner, chased, confronted or approached a person in a
menacing fashion such as would put an average person in
fear of attack; or

  • (c) Has been trained for fighting or attack and is being
    handled, kept or maintained in manner that causes or
    should cause an owner to know that it potentially poses a
    threat to public health and safety; or
  • (d) Has acted in any manner that causes or should cause an
    owner to know that the animal is a threat to public health
    and safety
44
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Dangerous Animal Requirements in Madison

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  • Animal must be spayed or neutered
  • Must be microchipped (chip must declare “dangerous animal” and
    ownership
  • Must be current with rabies vaccination (not diff. from other dogs)
  • Must comply with all license requirements (not diff. from other
    dogs)
  • Must post signs at all entrances
  • “Beware of Dog” or “Warning Dangerous Animal”
  • Off property, must be leashed and muzzled at all times
  • Outside, on property, must be supervised by adult, or kept in very
    specific locked enclosure
45
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Legal to feed birds?

A

Unlawful for anyone, unless specifically authorized by City of Madison Parks Department, to feed anything to any bird on public property within Madison

46
Q

Are there federal laws against interfering with research?

A

Yes

47
Q

Should it be a law that pets must be confined when traveling in a vehicle?

A

XXX

48
Q

Proposed law in California is safety issue for who?

A

driver, other drivers, and pets

49
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Should people who take care of feral cats be required to get vaccinations, licenses, etc. for them?

A

XXX

50
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“if you ___ it, you own it” laws

A

feed it, own it

51
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should owners of vicious dogs be charged with homicide/manslaughter if their dog kills someone?

A

XXX