REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.
In this case the interests of David Kent, owner of an African lion kept as a pet, collide with a Polk County ordinance regulating the possession of "dangerous and vicious animals." Kent was denied a permit to keep the animal under the provisions of the ordinance. This denial was upheld in a certiorari action brought in district court, and Kent has appealed. We affirm.
Kent acquired the lion, "Holmes," in 1982 when it was three weeks...
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