Sec. 3. Definition of Terms. As used in this Ordinance the following terms shall be understood to mean as:
a. Animals - refers to all domesticated pet animals belonging to or relating to quadruped e.g. dogs, cats, hogs, goats, sheeps, rabbits, horses, cattles, etc.
b. Animal owner - means every person in possession/custody of or harboring any animal.
c. Stray Animal - any domesticated animal such as dogs, cattles, poultry, rabbits, horses, goats, carabaos, cats, and the like without being accompanied by an owner or tamer at loose or elsewhere wandering in public places within the municipality.
d. Domesticated – being accustomed to remain much at home, tamed and reduced from a wild life.
e. Fine – refers to the amount set to be paid by judgment of a court or to punish by fine under a "no contest rule" by the impounding authorities without going to court for purposes of litigating the offense alleged/charged by the authorities concerned.
f. Animal Pound - refers to a fixed enclosure complete with personnel and facilities for the temporary keeping of stray animals found within the municipality, to be hereinafter referred to as the "Barangay Pound".
g. Endangered animal - refers to an animal that is facing extremely high risk of extinction in the wild in the immediate future.
h. Exotic animal - means an animal which is not naturally available nor grown in the country.
i. Impound - means to seize and hold in legal custody.
j. Impounded - taken into custody in a public animal control facility within the municipality.
k. Impounding authorities - those local government officers designated to enforce and implement the Ordinance and their authorized representatives.
l. Leash - a cord strap, or chain which shall be securely fastened to the collar or harness of a dog or other animal and shall be of sufficient strength to keep such dog or other animals under control.
m. No contest rule - means the unquestionable and the voluntary admission of violating the ordinance by the stray animal owners when confronted and or booked by the impounding authorities.
n. Pet - a fondling, a favourite animal and animal fondled and indulged.
o. Property - refers to any material object within the commerce of man whether real or personal property.
p. Public Places - refer to public plazas, parks, roads, highways, streets, and alleys, government buildings and institutions, and private uninhabited places.
q. Rabies - refers to a highly fatal disease caused by a Lyssa virus, transmitted mainly through the bite of an infected animal and is characterized by increased salivation, hydrophobia and aerophobia, other neurological manifestations and eventual muscle paralysis and death.
