(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to injure, kill, maim, molest, torture or destroy any wild or undomesticated animal in the City; provided, that upon complaint to the Police Department that any wild or undomesticated animal has caused or is causing damage or destruction of property upon any private premises in the City, such animal may be taken into custody and destroyed by an approved pest control firm or company upon the issuance of a permit by the Police Department; provided, however, that rats, mice and like rodents infesting any private premises may be controlled and destroyed at any time without a permit.

(b) Notwithstanding the prohibition of subsection (a) of this section, it shall be lawful to kill wild or undomesticated deer or turkeys by bow and arrow provided the bow hunting is done on Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) owned or managed property or privately owned property posted during the hunting season by a person to whom KDWPT has issued a hunting license, hunting permit and special access permit for that specific tract of land.

(c) Notwithstanding the prohibition in subsection (a) of this section, it shall be lawful to kill wild or undomesticated migratory birds, game birds and turkeys by shotgun provided the hunting is done on Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) owned or managed property during the hunting season by an individual participating in a mentor-youth hunting program administered by KDWPT to whom KDWPT has issued a hunting license, hunting permit and special access permit for that specific tract of land. (Ord. 20106 § 11, 12-19-17.)