§ 91.20. DEFINITIONS.  


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  • For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
    ABANDON. To leave unattended on public property or on private property wherein the person cited had no ownership or other legal or equitable interest or right.
    BESTIALITY. Any act of sexual or anal intercourse with a domestic animal, any act of sodomy to a domestic animal, or any act falling within the definition of this term under Indiana law.
    DOMESTIC ANIMAL. Cattle, calves, horses, mules, swine, sheep, goats, dogs, cats, poultry or other birds, and any animal of the bovine, equine, ovine, caprine, porcine, canine, feline, or avian species.
    INJURY. Any impairment of physical condition.
    REASONABLE CARE. That degree of care that an objectively prudent person, under the circumstances, would render to an animal to prevent injury, to care for injury, or to prevent the death of the animal.
    (Ord. 92-G-03, passed 4-13-92)