No person shall willfully or intentionally:
(A) Own any animal capable of transmitting rabies which does not have a current rabies vaccination;
(B) Own any dog or cat over six months of age which does not have a current vaccination against rabies;
(C) Fail to prevent any animal, except for a cat, owned by him or her from running or being at- large or turn any animal, except for a cat, not owned by him or her at-large;
(D) Abandon or desert any domestic animal or otherwise permit such animal to become a stray;
(E) Own a vicious animal;
(F) Own any animal which is a nuisance;
(G) Fail or refuse, upon demand, to deliver to an animal control officer any unlicensed or vicious animal, any animal which is found by the Court to be a nuisance, any animal suspected of having rabies, any animal found at large or any animal the owning of which is prohibited by this chapter;
(H) Remove or fail to attach to the collar worn by a dog or cat a current rabies vaccination tag;
(I) Own any animal or reptile wild by nature, except when kept by a licensed circus or show or in a zoo;
(J) Fail or refuse to keep every female animal “in heat” confined in such a manner that another animal cannot come into contact with it, except for controlled breeding purposes;
(K) Interfere with the Town Clerk-Treasurer, Municipal Judge or animal control officers when performing their duties as provided herein;
(L) Demonstrate cruelty to animals; or
(M) Violate any of the other provisions of this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 4-120) Penalty, see § 95.99