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e e ORDINANCE NO. 93- 1922 13 ARTICLE V. BIRD SANCTUARY Sec. 5-33. City Declared Bird sanctuary. (a) The City of La Porte is hereby designated a bird sanctuary. (b) The Chief of Police is directed to erect appropriate signs at the various entrances to the City of La Porte, indicating that the City of La Porte has been designated a bird sanctuary. (c) It shall be unlawful for any person to trap, hunt, shoot or. attempt to shoot or molest in any manner any bird or wild fowl, or to rob bird nests or wild fowl nests. ARTICLE VI. WILD ANIMALS Sec. 5-34. Definition. Wild Animal as used in this article shall mean and include any wild mammal, amphibian, reptile, or fowl which is not naturally tame or gentle but is of a wild nature or has other characteristics which would constitute a danger to human life or property if it is not kept or maintained in a safe manner or in secure quarters. Such animals shall include, but not be limited to, lions, tigers, leopards, panthers, bears, wolves, alligators, crocodiles, apes, foxes, elephants, rhinoceroses, all forms of poisonous reptiles, and other like animals. Sec. 5-35. caging. It shall be unlawful for anyone to keep or harbor any wild animal within the City limits unless the same is kept in a cage in a safe manner and in secure quarters or cage sufficient to contain such animal at all times. No such animal shall be housed within one hundred (100) feet of any property line. Sec. 5-36. Prohibition Against Running at Large. It shall be unlawful for anyone who owns, raises or keeps any wild animal to allow the same to be at large outside of its secure quarters or cage. In the event such animal is discovered outside of the secure quarters or cage, it shall be presumed that the person who owns, raises or keeps the same, willfully allowed it to roam at large outside the secure quarters or cage.