I am trying to help this family keep their 5 ducks, our city ordinance doesnt say a thing about ducks! I feel they should be able to keep them.......they have had them since easter, and their neighbors are all fine with them having them, so what do you think? the city said they had to get rid of them by June 11, they still have them, here is our ordinance
§ 91.11 KEEPING OF CERTAIN ANIMALS REGULATED.
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, maintain, house or allow upon his premises, whether such premises be owned outright by such person or leased from another, within the corporate limits, cows, horses, mules, chickens, bees or other non-domesticated animals, unless activity was in operation or existing prior to 1975.
I believe pekin ducks are domesticated..............and here is the news paper article
Posted on June 13, 2012
Davis, who lives in the 400 block of Madison Street in Roanoke Rapids, said she got the ducks as Easter presents for her four children from Tractor Supply. The ducks were five days old at the time of purchase.
After the ducks grew, Davis built a pen for the pets in her back yard, but on June 4, when city public works employees picked up Davis’ trash, Davis believes, they reported the ducks, which violate the city ordinance 91.11, which prohibits the keeping of non-domesticated animals in city limits, and Davis was told she had until June 11 to get rid of the ducks or face fines.
Sunday, Davis said, she and her children took the ducks to Rochelle Pond, where, she said, the resident duck population attacked her ducks.
After chasing off the attackers, Davis and her kids spent some more time with their pets and then left, driving back home.
Monday morning, the kids and Davis returned to Rochelle Pond to feed their pets. They found five of the six ducks remaining, and one of those five had been injured, suffering a tear under one wing Davis said exposed bone, as well as having part of the top of its bill torn off.
The ducks were quickly bundled home.
As for what’s going to happen, Davis and her children are hoping the city will let them keep their ducks.
Capt. Andy Jackson, of the Roanoke Rapids Police Department, said the situation is unfortunate, but advised residents to check city code before buying any pet.
Davis’ husband, Jonathan Medlin, said paying the $150 fine the city has threatened them with is better than returning the ducks to the pond.
§ 91.11 KEEPING OF CERTAIN ANIMALS REGULATED.
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, maintain, house or allow upon his premises, whether such premises be owned outright by such person or leased from another, within the corporate limits, cows, horses, mules, chickens, bees or other non-domesticated animals, unless activity was in operation or existing prior to 1975.
I believe pekin ducks are domesticated..............and here is the news paper article
Posted on June 13, 2012
by Roger Bell
Davis, who lives in the 400 block of Madison Street in Roanoke Rapids, said she got the ducks as Easter presents for her four children from Tractor Supply. The ducks were five days old at the time of purchase.
After the ducks grew, Davis built a pen for the pets in her back yard, but on June 4, when city public works employees picked up Davis’ trash, Davis believes, they reported the ducks, which violate the city ordinance 91.11, which prohibits the keeping of non-domesticated animals in city limits, and Davis was told she had until June 11 to get rid of the ducks or face fines.
Sunday, Davis said, she and her children took the ducks to Rochelle Pond, where, she said, the resident duck population attacked her ducks.
After chasing off the attackers, Davis and her kids spent some more time with their pets and then left, driving back home.
Monday morning, the kids and Davis returned to Rochelle Pond to feed their pets. They found five of the six ducks remaining, and one of those five had been injured, suffering a tear under one wing Davis said exposed bone, as well as having part of the top of its bill torn off.
The ducks were quickly bundled home.
As for what’s going to happen, Davis and her children are hoping the city will let them keep their ducks.
Capt. Andy Jackson, of the Roanoke Rapids Police Department, said the situation is unfortunate, but advised residents to check city code before buying any pet.
Davis’ husband, Jonathan Medlin, said paying the $150 fine the city has threatened them with is better than returning the ducks to the pond.
