Animal Control

ANIMAL CONTROL

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FULTON, NY - JUNE 20, 2007 - Is your dog licensed? If not, get to it because the dog census is about to begin! Fulton begins its tally of all dogs owned or harbored in the city. All dogs four months and older must be licensed under New York State law. Licenses can be obtained through the City Clerk’s office located at the Municipal Building at 141 South First Street between 8:00 and 5:00 PM. When licensing your dog be sure to bring proof of rabies vaccination.

Animal Control Officer Paul Cooper will be conducting the dog enumeration by personally canvassing residences. He will ask a few simple questions of each household. The typical canvass will take about one minute.

If your dog is not licensed when the Animal Control Officer comes around you will be given a reminder notice which requires compliance within ten (10) days. If the dog is not properly licensed by the end of that time a summons may be issued. Violations can result in fines of $25-100.

If you own a snake, alligator, wild cat, monkey, coyote, fox, bear or a number of other types of wild animals, you may be required to register them under a new state law.

Synopsis: Any person owning, possessing or harboring a wild animal (defined below) must report same to the City Clerk (for animals owned, possessed or harbored in the City of Fulton) on or before April 1 of each year.

Purpose and intent: To provide emergency services without delay; to protect emergency services personnel and the public welfare.

Crowned Lemur
Red-Footed Lemur
Black Lemur
Mongoose Lemur
Red-Bellied Lemur
Golden Bamboo Lemur
Gray Gentle Lemur
Ring Tailed Lemur
Ruffed Lemur
Hairy-Eared Dwarf Lemur
Greater Dwarf Lemur
Fat-Tailed Dwarf Lemur
Greater Mouse Lemur
Mouse Lemur
Brown Mouse Lemur
Fork-Marked Lemur
Indri
Avahi, or Woolly Lemur
Sifakas
Aye-Aye
Allen's Bush Baby
Lesser Bushbaby
Thick-Tailed Galago, or Bushbaby
Slender Loris
Slow Loris
Lesser Slow Loris, or Pygmy Slow Loris
Potto
Western Tarsier
Spectral Tarsier, or Celebes, or Sulawesi
Tarsier
Philippine Tarsier
Howler Monkey
Brown Howler
Mantled Howler Monkey
Red Howler Monkey
Southern Night Monkey, or Southern Owl Monkey
Owl Monkey
Black-Handed Spider Monkey
Spider Monkey
Woolly Spider Monkey, or Muriqui
Common Woolly Monkey
Titi Monkey
Masked Titi
White-Fronted Capuchin
Brown Capuchin Monkey
White Throated Capuchin
Red-Backed Squirrel Monkey
Squirrel Monkey
Uakari
White-Nosed Saki
Saki
Allen's Swamp Monkey
Collared Mangabey
Redtail Monkey
Diana Monkey, or Guenon
Owl-Faced Monkey
Blue Monkey
Mona Monkey
Debrazza's Monkey
Grivet, or Savanna Monkey
Patas
Black Mangabey, or White-cheeked
Mangabey
Formosan Rock Macaque
Long Tailed Macaque, or Crab-Eating Macaque
Japanese Macaque, or Snow Monkey
Rhesus Monkey, or Rhesus Macaque
Black Macaque, or Celebes Ape, or Celebes Macaque
Macaque
Lion-Tailed Macaque
Barbary Macaque
Drill
Mandrill
Talapoin Monkey
Savanna Baboon, or Hamadryas Baboon
Olive Baboon
Gelada Baboon
Angolan Colobus
Black And White Colobus, or Guereza
Black Colobus Monkey
Proboscis Monkey
Francois Leaf Monkey
Thomas's Langur, or Thomas's Leaf Monkey
Red Colobus Monkey
Tana River Red Colobus Monkey
Olive Colobus
Golden Monkey, or Golden Snub-Nosed Monkey
Hanuman Langur, or Gray Langur
White-Headed Langur
Dusky Leaf Monkey
Goeldi's Monkey
Silvery Marmoset
Common Marmoset
Pygmy Marmoset
Golden-Headed Lion Tamarin
Golden Lion Tamarin
Saddle-Backed Tamarin
Emperor Tamarin
Red-Chested Moustached Tamarin
Red-Footed Tamarin
Moustached Tamarin
Black-Mantled Tamarin
Cotton-Top Tamarin
Agile Gibbon
Hoolock Gibbon
White-Handed Gibbon, or Lar Gibbon
Molochs Gibbon
Gray Gibbon
Pileated Gibbon
Siamang, or Great Gibbon
Eastern Lowland Gorilla
Mountain Gorilla
Western Lowland Gorilla
Bonobo, or Pygmy Chimpanzee
Chimpanzee
Orangutan

Caracal
Asian Golden Cat
Bornean Bay Cat
Black-Footed Cat
Chinese Desert Cat
Jungle Cat, or Swamp Lynx
Sand Cat
African Wildcat
Jaguarundi
Ocelot
Margay
Serval
Eurasian Lynx
Canada Lynx
Spanish Lynx
Bobcat
Pampas Cat
Geoffroy’s Cat
Guigna
Pallas’s Cat
Leopard Cat, or Bengal Cat, or Tiger Cat
Rusty-Spotted Cat
Fishing Cat
Flat-Headed Cat
African Golden Cat
Puma, or Mountain Lion, or Cougar, or
Painter, or Florida Panther
Marbled Cat
Clouded Leopard
Lion
Jaguar
Leopard
Tiger, or Siberian Tiger
Snow Leopard

Arctic Fox
Short-Eared Dog
Side Striped Jackal
Golden Jackal
Coyote
Gray Wolf
Black-Backed Jackal
Red Wolf
Simian Jackal
Crab-Eating Fox
Maned Wolf
Dhole
Falkland Island Fox
Fennec Fox
African Wild Dog
Hoary Fox
Raccoon Dog
Bat-Eared Fox
Pampas Fox
Culpeo
Argentine Gray Fox
Sechura Fox
Bush Dog
Gray Fox, or Tree Fox
Island Fox
Red Fox, or Silver fox
Corsac Fox
Blanford’s Fox
Tibetan Sand Fox
Swift Fox
Kit Fox
Bengal Fox
Sand Fox
Pale Fox
Cape Fox

Giant Panda, or Panda Bear, or Panda
Red Panda
Spectacled Bear
Asiatic Black Bear
American Black Bear
Brown Bear, or Grizzly Bear
Polar Bear
Malayan Sun Bear
Sloth Bear

All Venomous Snakes and All Constrictors and Python Snakes Ten Feet or Greater in Length

Black Mamba
Eastern Coral Snake, or Harlequin Snake, or Western Coral Snake
Brazilian Coral Snake
Arizona Coral Snake
Indian Cobra, or Monocled Cobra, or Chinese Cobra
Black-Necked Cobra, or Spitting Cobra
Mozambique Spitting Cobra
Cape Cobra, or Yellow Cobra
White-Lipped Cobra, or Forest Cobra
Egyptian Cobra
Shield-Nosed Cobra, or Cape Coral Snake
Eastern Water Cobra
King Cobra
Gold’s Tree Cobra
Death Adder, or Deaf Adder
Tiger Snake
Blue Krait
Banded Krait
Many-Banded Krait
Malayan Long-Glanded Coral Snake
Yellow-Bellied Sea Snake
Taipan
Bandy-Bandy
Yellow-Lipped Sea Snake
Dubois’s Sea Snake
Stoke’s Sea Snake
Annulated Sea Snake
Hardwicke’s Sea Snake
Plagic Sea Snake, or Yellow-Bellied Sea Snake
Cantil, or Mexican Moccasin
Mamushi
Fea’s Viper
Rough-Scaled Tree Viper
Bush Viper, or Leaf Viper
Copperhead
Cottonmouth
African Puff-Adder
Bergadder, or Mountain Adder
Horned Adder
Many-Horned Adder
Gaboon Viper
Rhinoceros Viper, or River Jack
Dwarf Sand Adder
Namaqua Dwarf Adder
Yellow-Lined Palm Viper
Honduran Palm Viper
Guatemalan Palm Viper
Guatemalan Tree Viper
Eyelash Viper, or Schlegel’s Viper
Amazonian Palm Viper
Fer-de-Lance
Barba Amarilla
Urutu, or Wutu
Rhombic Night Adder
Horned Desert Viper
Malayan Pit Viper
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
Mexican West Coast Rattlesnake, or Mexican Green Rattlesnake
Sonoran Sidewinder
Tropical Rattlesnake, or Cascavel, or
Cascabel
Timber Rattlesnake, or Canebrake
Rattlesnake
Oaxacan Small-Headed Rattlesnake
Durango Rock Rattlesnake
Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake
Northern Black-Tailed Rattlesnake
Lance-Headed Rattlesnake
Twin-Spotted Rattlesnake
Tancitaran Dusky Rattlesnake
Red Diamond Rattlesnake
Mojave Rattlesnake
Long-Tailed Rattlesnake
Tiger Rattlesnake
Aruba Rattlesnake
Grand Canyon Rattlesnake, or Coronado Island Rattlesnake
Arizona Black Rattlesnake, or Midget Faded Rattlesnake, or Southern Pacific Rattlesnake, or Great Basin Rattlesnake, or Hopi Rattlesnake
Uracoan Rattlesnake
Chihuahuan Ridge-Nosed Rattlesnake
Sharp-Nosed Viper, or Hundred Pacer
Saw-Scaled Viper, or Carpet Viper
Leaf-Nosed Viper, or McMahon’s Viper
Bushmaster
Undulated Pit Viper
Barbour’s Pit Viper
Godman’s Pit Viper
Black-Tailed Horned Pit Viper
Hognosed Viper
Jumping Viper
Western Hog-Nosed Viper
Massasauga Rattlesnake
Dusky Pigmy Rattlesnake
Mexican Massasauga
Indian Tree Viper
Okinawan Habu
Kanburian Pit Viper, or Tiger Pit Viper
Mangrove Pit Viper
Hemehabu, or Kufah
Chinese Tree Viper, or Bamboo Viper
Sri Lankan Pit Viper
Siamese Palm Viper, or Wirot’s Pit Viper
Sumatran Tree Viper
Pope’s Tree Viper
Eye Lash Viper
Wagler’s Pit Viper, or Temple Pit Viper
Long-Nosed Viper, or Sand Adder
European Asp
Crossed Viper, or Kreuzotter
Portuguese Viper
Cyclades Blunt-Nosed Viper, or Levant Viper
Palestinian Viper
Kaznakov’s Viper
Russell’s Viper, or Tic-Polonga
Boa Constrictor
Dumeril's Boa
Cuban Boa
Green Anaconda
Yellow Anaconda
Long-Nosed Tree Snake, or Long-Nosed Whip Snake
West Indian Racer, Bimini Racer
Mangrove Snake
Green Cat-Eyed Snake
Common Cat-Eyed Snake
Blanding’s Tree Snake
Mussurana
Herald Snake, or Cat-Eyed Snake
Brazilian Smooth Snake, or False Water Cobra
Boomslang, or Afrikaans
Tentacled Snake, or Fishing Snake
Bocourt’s Water Snake
False Coral Snake
Blunt-Headed Tree Snake
Cat-Eyed Snake, or Night Snake
Parrot Snake
Mexican Parrot Snake
Ornate Flying Snake
Paradise Flying Snake
Malagasy Giant Hognose Snake
Wolf Snake
Barred Wolf Snake
African Wolf Snake
Montpellier Snake
Mexican Vine Snake
African Beaked Snake
Bird Snake, or Twig Snake
Central American Lyre Snake, or Sonoran
Lyre Snake
Crowned Snake, or Black-Headed Snake

Alligator, or True Alligator
Chinese Alligator
American Alligator
Caiman, or Caimans
Broad-Snouted Caiman
Common Caiman
Caiman Yacare
Dwarf Caiman
Cuvier's Dwarf Caiman
Schneider's Dwarf Caiman
Black Caiman
Cuban Crocodile
American Crocodile
Morelet's Crocodile
African Slender-Snouted Crocodile
Nile Crocodile
Orinoco Crocodile
Indopacific Crocodile
Johnston's Crocodile
Mugger Crocodile, or Marsh Crocodile
Siamese Crocodile
Philippine Crocodile
New Guinea Crocodile
Dwarf Crocodile
Gharial
False Gharial

Exemptions: Pet dealers (defined in §752-a GBL) and zoological facilities are exempt from the filing requirement.

Penalties: A civil penalty of not more than $250 for a first offense, or for a subsequent offense, a civil penalty of $250-1000.

Effective January 1, 2003, "Therapy Dogs" are exempt from licensing fees. Additionally, service and detection dogs are also exempt form fees. These are specifically defined classifications of dogs:

service dog - a dog trained to do work for the benefit of a person with a disability (physical, mental or medical impairment....)

detection dog - dogs trained to detect drugs, explosives, firearms, cadavers, school contraband, jail contraband

therapy dog - dogs trained to aid the emotional and physical health of patients in hospitals, nursing homes and retirement homes or in a recognized training center...

The City of Fulton Animal Control Officer works through the Fulton Police Department. This office is responsible for handling various animal-related complaints, including lost and missing pets, dangerous dog complaints, and nuisance animals. The Animal Control Officer is also the enforcement officer for violations of state and local law relating to animals.

Paul D. Cooper has served as the Animal Control Officer for the City of Fulton since 1999. His duties include enforcing the various state laws and City Code pertaining to dogs, cats and other animals. Mr. Cooper is a sportsman with interests in hunting and fishing, has handled hunting dogs for several years, and founded the Oswego County chapter of Ducks Unlimited in the 1970's.

The Animal Control Officer reminds City residents of the following local laws concerning dogs, cats and other pets:

Animals that are in violation of the City law are subject to impoundment. Owners are responsible for impoundment and redemption fees. Fines range from $25-100 for each offense.

*Section 57-5(A)(6) of the City Code of the City of Fulton is deleted and replaced by the following: An owner of any dog shall not permit said dog to defecate on any school ground, public street, alley, sidewalk, tree bank, park or any other public grounds or any private property within the city, other than the premises of the owner of said dog, unless said defecation is removed immediately.

Check the status of your dog's license(s). City of Fulton residents can obtain a license at the City Clerk's Office at the Municipal Building, 141 South First Street, Fulton, weekdays between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM.