Animal Policy

  1. Policy Statement

    ONE体育官网努力为所有学生保持安全和友好的设施, faculty, staff, and visitors. 校园里的动物对有宿舍的校园来说是一个特殊的挑战, instructional, and recreational spaces used by a variety of people. 将动物带入校园的指导方针是为了平衡动物主人和社区其他成员的利益而设计的.

  2. Scope & Audience

    This policy applies to employees, students, visitors, contractors, and applicants for admission to or employment with the University.

  3. Definitions

    Service Animal – By current Federal regulations, 任何被单独训练为残疾人士(包括身体残疾人士)工作或执行任务的狗, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other mental disability. Examples of work or tasks include, but are not limited to the following:

    • 协助盲人或弱视人士完成导航和其他任务
    • 提醒失聪或听力有困难的人注意周围的人或声音
    • Pulling a wheelchair
    • Alerting and protecting individuals during a seizure
    • Alerting individuals to the presence of allergens
    • Alerting individuals when blood sugar reaches high or low levels
    • Retrieving items such as medicine or the telephone
    • 为行动障碍人士提供平衡和稳定的身体支持和帮助
    • 通过防止或中断冲动或破坏性行为来帮助精神和神经残疾的个人
    • Providing non-violent protection or rescue work

    Emotional Support Animal – Animals that provide a sense of safety, 对有精神或情感障碍或状况的人的陪伴或安慰. Although these animals may provide therapeutic benefit, they are not considered service animals under Federal regulations.

    Other Animal – 任何没有被指定为服务性动物或情感支持动物的动物.

    University Housing – Includes all residence halls, townhouses, village properties rented to students, employees, or others, and fraternity housing.

    Campus Building – Includes all academic, administrative, and athletic facilities.

  4. General Requirements

    1. 所有动物必须遵守有关动物疫苗接种和许可证要求的适用法律.
    2. 动物不能失控，驯兽师必须采取有效措施控制动物. Under control, 也意味着动物不应该被允许以破坏校园社区环境的方式反复吠叫.
    3. The animal must be housebroken, and the animal's behavior, 不得对大学社区造成无法控制的干扰或干扰.
    4. 动物不得对大学或他人的财产造成物理损害，也不得对他人的安全构成直接威胁.
    5. 居民必须以安全和卫生的方式清理和妥善处理动物的粪便. The resident is required to ensure the animal is well cared for at all times. Evidence of mistreatment and abuse may result in removal of the animal from campus.
    6. 对于动物造成的超出合理磨损范围的任何损害，居民可能会被收取费用，就像大学对其他超出合理磨损范围的损害收取费用一样.
    7. 动物不得留在大学宿舍过夜，由拥有动物的居民以外的任何人照顾. The resident is responsible for ensuring that the animal is contained, as appropriate, when the resident is not present while attending classes or other activities.
    8. 居民同意遵守与其残疾无关的同等适用的居住政策, 例如，确保该动物不会不适当地干扰其他居民的日常活动，或对居住在那里的人造成困难.
    9. 大学员工不得被要求为任何动物提供照顾或食物，包括, but not limited to, removing the animal during emergency evacuation for events such as a fire alarm. 紧急救援人员将决定是否将动物移走，并可能不承担护理责任, damage to, or loss of the animal.
    10. 当发现其他动物不遵守本政策时，应联系公共安全办公室.
    11. Except as specifically provided below, animals that do not meet these criteria, or who act in other disruptive ways, will not be allowed to remain on campus.

  5. Service Animals

    Service animals are allowed in University Housing and Campus Buildings. A service animal must be harnessed, leashed, 或者在公共场所拴着，除非这些设备妨碍服务动物的工作或个人的残疾无法使用这些设备. In that case, the individual must use voice, signal, or other effective means to maintain control of the animal. If the requirements set out in IV and V cannot be met, 在采取任何行动移走动物之前，大学将与个人讨论这一点, 除非需要立即采取行动保护个人或他人的健康和安全.

  6. Emotional Support Animals

    1. Emotional Support Animals in University Housing
      经有执照的心理健康专业人员书面证明，该动物提供的支持可以减轻现有残疾的至少一种已确定的症状或影响, 如果通过残疾服务办公室的批准，并在宿舍生活办公室注册，学生可以在大学宿舍中饲养情感支持动物. The Office of Residence Life will consider the needs of roommates, apartment-mates, 一层楼的居民在分配房间时，要有经过批准的情感支持动物.

      动物被允许进入大学宿舍只有在必要时，因为居民的残疾. 如果该动物不再需要或不再居住，居民必须书面通知居住生活办公室.

    2. Emotional Support Animals in Campus Buildings
      Emotional support animals are not allowed in Campus Buildings. 他们不能进入教室或办公室，也不能被带到体育赛事现场. 本政策的任何例外必须事先得到残疾服务委员会和教务长办公室的批准.

  7. Other Animals

    Other Animals are allowed only in the outside, public grounds areas of campus. Animals must be secured to a leash, cord, chain, or similar direct physical control of a maximum length of six (6) feet, the other end of which is restrained by a person at all times. They may not be brought into University Housing or Campus Buildings. 其他动物可被限制在停放在校园内的车辆内一段合理的时间, 只要该动物不是濒危动物，也不会危害他人或对公众造成滋扰, e.g. excessive barking. 如果动物或其他动物受到威胁，埃文斯维尔市动物保护中心 & Control will be contacted for appropriate action.

    这些政策的唯一例外是用于教学或研究的动物, 只有在到达校园之前，这些动物的护理和使用已经得到了UE机构动物护理和使用委员会(IACUC)的批准.