19.2.1.030 DEFINITIONS.

Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent parts of this Act or unless otherwise specified, the following definitions apply, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Abandon" means to desert or give up an animal without having secured another owner for the animal or by failing to provide the elements of basic care for a period of five (5) consecutive days.

(b) "Animal" means any mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, or fish.

(c) "Animal Control Officer" means any person employed, contracted, or appointed by the Governor to enforce this Act. The Animal Control Officer may include a local law enforcement official, a ranger, or any other Person that may be designated by the Governor.

(d) "Horse" includes a horse, pony, mule, burro, ass, or donkey.

(e) "Impound" means taking or receiving an animal into custody to confine it.

(f) "Own" means:

(1) To have a property right in an animal;

(2) To keep, harbor, or maintain an animal;

(3) To have an animal in one's care;

(4) To be or act as a custodian of an animal; or

(5) To knowingly allow an animal to stay on any premises occupied by the Owner.

If there is evidence that a person feeds an animal for five (5) or more consecutive days, it will be assumed that the animal is owned by the person unless the person proves otherwise or reports the animal to the Animal Control Officer as a stray.

(g) "Owner" means any person who owns an animal.

(h) "Person" includes, but is not limited to, any individual, firm, group, association, partnership, corporation, or any other entity whatsoever.

(i) "Pound" means any establishment authorized by the Council for the confinement, maintenance, safekeeping, and control of animals that are impounded.

(j) "Provocation" or "provoked" includes intentional or unintentional acts that could reasonably be expected to cause, incite, or encourage an animal to immediately bite the person. The animal's reaction to the act of provocation cannot be grossly out of proportion to the provocative act itself.

(k) "Pueblo Lands" means all lands owned by, or within the jurisdiction of, the Pueblo.

(l) "Public Health Official" means an official from the United States Public Health Service.

(m) "Quarantine" means restriction of the activities of an animal that has been exposed, or is suspected of being exposed, to a communicable disease during a period of communicability or incubation.

(n) "Rabies" means a rhabdovirus of the genus Lyssavirus.

(o) "Rabies Quarantine Area" means any area in which a state of emergency has been declared to exist due to the occurrence or potential occurrence of rabies in animals in or adjacent to this area.