If you live in a village, town or city in Illinois that does not have it’s own definition of dangerous dog/animal or vicious dog/animal, then the definition set forth by the Illinois Animal Control Act, 510 ILCS 5 will apply. Let’s take a look at those two definitions. “Potentially dangerous dog” means a dog that is unsupervised and found running …
Illinois Animal Law: Keeping Dangerous Dogs in Urbana
If you have been found to have a “dangerous animal” in Urbana, Illinois, then Section 4-28 of the Urbana code sets forth a few requirements: Post a sign in a conspicuous place noting that there is a dangerous dog on the premises (sign must be at least 8 and 1/2 X 11 inches). Use a leash 3 ft or shorter …
Illinois Animal Law: What is the Difference Between a Dangerous Animal and Vicious Animal in Urbana?
If you live in Urbana, Illinois, under Section 4-1 of the Urbana Code, a “dangerous animal” is defined as a an email when: either unmuzzled, unleashed, or unattended by its owner, or a member of the owner’s family, in a vicious or terrorizing manner, approaches any person in an apparent attitude of attack upon streets, sidewalks, any other public place, …