Durham County's animal ordinance applies to cats: they must be rabies-vaccinated (Sec. 4-39) and, like all animals, are 'at large' when off the owner's property and unrestrained (Sec. 4-13). Feral cats are defined in Chapter 4, and five or more cats trigger the kennel license.
Cats ('any and all domestic felines') are covered by Chapter 4. Sec. 4-39 requires rabies vaccination for cats over the state-mandated age, and Sec. 4-36 addresses licensing. The 'at large' definition in Sec. 4-13 reaches any animal off its owner's property and not under restraint, so free-roaming cats can be picked up, though enforcement focuses on dogs. Sec. 4-13 separately defines a 'feral cat' as a domestic cat adapted to survive in the wild, homeless and ownerless, descended from stray or abandoned house pets. Five or more cats of the same species require a kennel license under Sec. 4-37. Nuisance behavior by cats is reachable under Sec. 4-136.
Failing to rabies-vaccinate a cat, or keeping five or more cats without a kennel license, is enforceable under Chapter 4 with civil penalties from $50 (Sec. 4-9). Impounded cats may be redeemed under Article IX; unredeemed strays become county property
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