Guam § 34201 - Definitions.

§ 34201. Definitions.

For purposes of this Article:

(a) “Animal” means any live non-human vertebrate

creature, domestic or wild;

(b) “Animal shelter” means any facility operated by a

humane society, the government of Guam or their

authorized agents for the purpose of caring for animals held

under the authority of this Article;

(c) “Auctions” mean any place or facility where

animals are regularly bought, sold or traded, except for

those facilities otherwise defined in this Article. This does

not apply to individual sales of animals by owners;

(d) “Circus” means a commercial variety show

featuring animal acts for public entertainment;

(e) “Commercial animal establishment” means a pet

shop, grooming shop, auction, riding school or stable,

zoological park, circus performing animal exhibition,

animal quarantine facility or kennel;

(f) “Grooming shop” means a commercial

establishment where animals are bathed, clipped, plucked or

otherwise groomed;

(g) “Officer” means a member of the Guam Police

Department, a Mayor or a person authorized by the Director

of Agriculture (the "Director");

(h) “Kennel” means any premises wherein any person

engaged in the business of boarding, breeding, buying,

letting for hire, training for a fee, selling dogs or cats, or any

premises in a non-agricultural zone area upon which five (5)

or more adult dogs or cats are harbored or kept;

(i) “Owner” means any person, partnership or

corporation owning, keeping or harboring one (1) or more

animals. An animal shall be deemed to be harbored if it is

fed or sheltered three (3) consecutive days or more;

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(j) “Performing animal exhibition” means any

spectacle, display, act or event other than circuses in which

performing animals are used;

(k) “Pet” means any animal kept for pleasure rather

than utility;

(l) “Pet shop” means any person, partnership or

corporation, whether operated separately or in connection

with another business enterprise except for a licensed

kennel that buys, sells or boards any species of animal;

(m) “Public nuisance” means any animal that:

(1) Molests passersby or passing vehicles;

(2) Attacks other animals;

(3) Trespasses on school grounds;

(4) Is repeatedly at large; or

(5) Damages private or public property;

(n) “Restraint” means any animal secured by a leash or

lead or under the control of a responsible person and

obedient to that person’s commands or within the real

property limits of its owner;

(o) “Riding school or stables” mean any place which

has available for hire, boarding and/or riding instruction,

any horse, pony, donkey, mule or burro;

(p) “Veterinary hospital” means any establishment

maintained and operated by a licensed veterinarian for

surgery, diagnosis and treatment of disease and injuries of

animals;

(q) “Vicious animal” means any animal that constitutes

a physical threat to human beings or other animals;

(r) “Wild animal” means any animal which is not

commonly domesticated, or which is not native to Guam, or

which, irrespective of geographic origin, is of a wild or

predatory nature, or any domesticated animal, which

because of its size, vicious nature or other characteristics

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would constitute an unreasonable danger to human life or

property if not kept, maintained or contained in a safe and

secure manner;

(s) “Zoological parks” means any facility, other than a

pet shop or kennel, displaying or exhibiting one (1) or more

species of non-domesticated animals operated by a person,

partnership, corporation or government agency;

(t) “Permitting authority” means the Department of

Agriculture (the Department) which shall be the permitting

authority for purposes of this Article.