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Consolidated December 2, 2010
City of Chilliwack
Bylaw No. 2653
A bylaw to prohibit performances involving wild or exotic animals
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WHEREAS Section 680 of the Municipal Act authorizes Council by bylaw to prohibit the
operation of a public show, exhibition, carnival or performance of any particular kind or in any
particular location;
AND WHEREAS Council deems it necessary and desirable to exercise the authority provided by
Section 680;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the City of Chilliwack in open meeting assembled, enacts as
follows:
1.
This bylaw may be cited as "Wild or Exotic Animal Performance Bylaw 1999, No.
2653".
2.
For the purposes of this Bylaw "wild or exotic animal" shall be defined as those animals
listed in Schedule "A" attached to and forming part of this bylaw.
3.
No person shall operate or carry on a circus, public show, exhibition, carnival or other
display or performance, whether temporary or permanent, (the "show") in which wild or
exotic animals are travelling with or otherwise accompanying the show or are required to
perform tricks, fight or participate in performances by the show for the amusement or
entertainment of an audience, while the show is within the City of Chilliwack.
Offence and Penalty
4.
Every person who violates any provision of this Bylaw, or who allows or permits any act
or thing to be done in violation of any provision of this Bylaw, or who neglects to or
refrains from doing anything required to be done by any provision of this Bylaw, is guilty
of an offence against this Bylaw and each day that a violation continues to exist is
deemed to be a separate offence against the Bylaw.
5.
Every person who commits an offence against this Bylaw shall be liable upon summary
conviction to a fine of not less than $500.00 and not more than $10,000.00.
Severability
6.
If a Court of competent jurisdiction holds any portion of this Bylaw invalid, such
invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of the Bylaw."
(AB #3723)
"Wild or Exotic Animal Performance Bylaw 1999, No. 2653" -Page 2
Consolidated December 2, 2010
Wild or Exotic Animal Performance Bylaw 1999, No. 2653 adopted on the 1
st day of November,
1999.
Amendment Bylaw No. 3723 adopted on the 2nd day of December, 2010.
"John Les"
Mayor
"D.W. Hampson"
Clerk
"Wild or Exotic Animal Performance Bylaw 1999, No. 2653" -Page 3
Consolidated December 2, 2010
"Wild or Exotic Animal Performance Bylaw 1999, No. 2653"
Schedule "A"
The following list of animals constitutes "wild or exotic animals" for the purposes of this Bylaw.
The list includes all such animals whether bred in the wild or in captivity and also includes all
their hybrids with domestic species. The words in parenthesis are intended to act as examples
only of a particular group and are not to be construed as limiting the generality of the group.
The list includes:
1.
Non-human Primates (such as gorillas and monkeys)
2.
Felids, except domesticated cats
3.
Canis, except dogs
4.
Ursids (bears)
5.
Elephants
6.
Pinnipedia (such as seals, fur seals and walruses)
7.
Crocodilians (such as alligators and crocodiles)
8.
Marsupials (such as kangaroos and opossums)
9.
Venomous or poisonous reptiles
10. Venomous or poisonous arachnids (scorpions)
11. Snakes, except those designated as wildlife by provincial enactment (AB #3723)
12. Ungulates, except domestic horses, mules and asses, goats, sheep, pigs and cattle
13. Hyaenas
14. Mustelines (such as skunks, weasels, otters and badgers)
15. Procyonidae (such as raccoons and coatis)
16. Edentates (such as anteaters, sloths and armadillos)
17. Viverrines (such as mongooses, civets and genets)