Brevard County Feral Cat Colony Ordinance
Section 14-64 - Feral Animals and Feral Cat Colonies
(a) The county may establish a fund or provide services to offset costs of trapping, neutering and vaccinating captured feral cats that can be returned to an appropriate, controlled and registered colony site. Caregivers for such colonies, whether one or several animals, will be adied by the county in properly managing and caring for those colonies, to the extent that funding is available.
(b) Each feral cat colony will be registered by the caregivers with an agency designated by the county, which will serve as a clearinghouse for information on current caregivers, education for new caregivers and assistance for persons found in violation of subsections(c)(1) through (4) below.
(c) Any feral cat picked up by animal services and enforcement which has an appropriate ear tipping or other distinguishing mark indicating it belongs to a registered feral cat colony will be returned to that colony unless veterinary care is required or the criteria listed in subsection 14-64(d) applies. The designated agency will be notified in such instances,
(d) Any person or caregiver determined to be in violation of subsections (1) through (4) below, shall be issued a written warning and be allowed a period of time to come into compliance, or provide satisfactory evidence of working to achieve compliance. That period of time shall not exceed 90 days from the issuance of the initial warning notice. Failure to comply shall result in a violation of this article, which may result in the issuance of a citation. Caregivers of feral cat colonies shall implement proper management and sterilization practices as follows.
(1) Register the feral cat colony with the agency designated in
subsection (b)
(2) Assure responsibilty and arrangments for feeding the cat or cat
colony regularly throughout the year, including weekends,
holidays and vacations of the feral cat caregiver
(3) Sterilize (neuter) all adult cats that can be captured
(4) Vaccinate as required by law, all cats that can be
captured
(a) Against rabies, preferably with a three year vaccine
(b) Against any infectious disease as mandated by law
(5) Make every attempt to sterilize all kittens over eight
weeks of age and before 16 weeks of age
(6) Make every attempt to remove kittens from the colony
before eight weeks of age for domestication and
placement
(7) Make every attempt to remove sick or injured cats from
the colony for immediate veterinarian care or humane
euthanasia
(8) Ear crop all cats with a single cut preferably on the left
ear, at least one inch from the outside tip of the auricle.
Providing either a tattoo on the inside of the right ear
or an electronic implant will aid in animal identifiation
(9) Maintain proof of sterilization, vaccination, tattoo or implant and
medical records for all cats. These records must be provided to
animal services and enforcement upon request
(e) Animal services and enforcement has the right to immediately seize and remove all, or parts, of any colony for the following reasons:
(1) Public health and public safety concrns including rabies, other
epizootic and certain zoonoses identified by the county public
health unit; or
(2) Animals creating a public nuisance as defined in section 14-36.
The designated agency will be notified within 24 hours of
removal of any feral cats
(f) In the event the feral cat caregiver fails to comply with this section, the designated agency will be notified at least a day before removal of any animal. The designated agency will attempt to resolve the situation prior to removal by animal services and enforcement
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