File #: 19-1314    Version: 1 Name: Commissioner Castillo Item # 2 - ANIMAL RIGHTS
Type: Commission Items Status: Passed
File created: 10/31/2019 In control: City Commission
On agenda: 11/13/2019 Final action: 11/13/2019
Title: COMMISSIONER CASTILLO ITEM 2: MOTION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO DIRECT DRAFTING OF AN ORDINANCE MIRRORING LANGUAGE ADOPTED IN SEBRING, FLORIDA MAIN SECTION AS FOLLOWS: "IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO USE A BULLHOOK, ANKUS, WHIP, ELECTRICAL PROD OR OTHER IMPLEMENT OR TOOL THAT CAUSES UNJUSTIFIABLE PAIN OR SUFFERING TO A WILD OR EXOTIC ANIMAL WHICH IS BEING DISPLAYED WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL LIMITS OF THE CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM USE SHALL INCLUDE BRANDISHING, EXHIBITING OR DISPLAYING A BULLHOOK, ANKUS, WHIP, ELECTRIC PROD OR AN IMPLEMENT DESIGNED TO LOOK LIKE A BULLHOOK, ANKUS, WHIP, OR ELECTRIC PROD IN THE PRESENCE OF A WILD OR EXOTIC ANIMAL FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRAINING OR CONTROLLING THE BEHAVIOR OF THE ANIMAL.
Attachments: 1. 1. Agenda Attachment - #1 Animal Rights 10312019, 2. 2. Agenda Attachment - Animal Rights #2 - Sebring FL Ordinance 10312019

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COMMISSIONER CASTILLO  ITEM 2:  MOTION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO DIRECT DRAFTING OF AN ORDINANCE MIRRORING LANGUAGE ADOPTED IN SEBRING, FLORIDA MAIN SECTION AS FOLLOWS:  "IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO USE A BULLHOOK, ANKUS, WHIP, ELECTRICAL PROD OR OTHER IMPLEMENT OR TOOL THAT CAUSES UNJUSTIFIABLE PAIN OR SUFFERING TO A WILD OR EXOTIC ANIMAL WHICH IS BEING DISPLAYED WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL LIMITS OF THE CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM USE SHALL INCLUDE BRANDISHING, EXHIBITING OR DISPLAYING A BULLHOOK, ANKUS, WHIP, ELECTRIC PROD OR AN IMPLEMENT DESIGNED TO LOOK LIKE A BULLHOOK, ANKUS, WHIP, OR ELECTRIC PROD IN THE PRESENCE OF A WILD OR EXOTIC ANIMAL FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRAINING OR CONTROLLING THE BEHAVIOR OF THE ANIMAL.