Aurora : Règlement no 6197-19, art. 27.1 — Animal Services By-law

Notwithstanding anything in this by-law, any animals that were legally (in compliance with any Town by-laws and any provincial or federal laws in force at the time) owned, kept or possessed by a person in the Town of Aurora at the time of enactment of this by-law may continue to be owned, cared for, controlled, kept, possessed or harboured by such person in the Town of Aurora so long as the animal continues to live and it can be shown on a balance of probabilities that such animal was legally owned, kept or possessed by a person in the Town of Aurora at the time of enactment of this by-law. For further clarity, any animals that become prohibited following the passage of this by-law and are being owned, kept or possessed in the Town of Aurora pursuant to this section, cannot be transferred from the person that owned, kept or possessed the animal prior to the passage of this by-law.