Except as herein otherwise provided, it shall be unlawful for any person to do any of the following:
(A) To maliciously or mischievously apprehend, detain, secrete or impound the animal of another person, or to knowingly aid or abet in the commission of any such act by some other person. Any such person aiding or abetting shall be considered a principal.
(B) To maltreat, starve, torture, injure or poison any animal, or having the right or authority under this chapter to kill any animal, to kill such animal in any way except in a humane manner.
(C) To trap any animal with other than a humane "live" trap which will inflict no physical injury upon the animal; to lure or entice, by means of food or otherwise, any animal into other than a humane "live" trap; to leave any animal trapped by such person without food, water or shelter, for an unreasonable period of time.
(D) To dispose of any trapped animal in any fashion not otherwise provided by law. If disposal is not permitted by law said person shall call the animal control officer to have said animal picked up, deliver it to the city animal shelter, or otherwise dispose of it as directed by the animal control officer.
(E) To overcrowd any animal in any crate, box or other receptacle or fail to provide food, water, shelter or sanitation for same.
(F) To kill any animal running at large except as provided in this chapter in connection with dangerous, fierce, vicious or infected animals or animals attacking persons or livestock.
(G) To take off or remove from any animal its collar or harness or city license tag or inoculation tag without the consent of the owner or custodian of such animal.
(H) To place any city dog tag or inoculation tag on any dog other than the dog to which such tag was issued or registered.
(I) To take any animal out of the custody, control or possession of the animal control officer or city animal shelter or any other police officer, exercising his duty under this chapter by stealth, fraud, force or falsely claiming to be the owner or custodian of such animal.
(J) To interrupt or hinder the animal control officer or any police officer discharging his duties under the provisions of this chapter.
(K) To abandon any animal, living or dead, in a public street, road, alley or any other public place, or upon the private property of himself or another.
(L) To unjustifiably administer any poisonous drug or substance with intent that the same shall be taken by an animal, whether such animal be the property of himself or another, or whether said drug or substance exposed upon such person's property, the private property of another, or any public place; provided, that nothing herein shall be construed to prevent or restrict the animal control officer or health officer in the exercise and performance of the powers and duties of this chapter.
(M) To wilfully throw, drop or place, upon any road, highway, street, alley or public place, or upon the private property of himself or another, any glass, nails, pieces of metal or other substances or devices calculated to wound, disable or injure any animal.
(N) To carry or enclose, or cause to be carried or enclosed, in or upon any vehicle or conveyance, any animal in a cruel or inhumane manner.
1. No person having charge or custody of any animal, as owner or otherwise, shall place or confine such animal or allow such animal to be placed or confined or to remain in a motor vehicle under such conditions or for such period of time as may endanger the health or well being of such animal due to heat, cold, lack of food or drink, or such other circumstances as may reasonably be expected to cause suffering, disability or death.
2. The animal control officer or any police officer of the city who finds an animal in a motor vehicle in violation of this section may break and enter the motor vehicle if necessary to remove the animal. The officer removing the animal shall take the animal to the city animal shelter or to a veterinarian clinic for safekeeping and shall in the event the person having custody cannot be otherwise contacted, leave in a prominent place in the motor vehicle a written notice bearing his name and office and the address where the animal may be claimed by the owner thereof. The animal will be surrendered to the owner if the owner claims the animal within five (5) days from the time the animal was removed from the motor vehicle and pays all reasonable charges that have accrued for the maintenance of the animal. In the event the owner cannot be contacted, or expresses no interest in reclaiming the animal within five (5) days after contact or efforts to contact, the animal control officer may dispose of the animal, in a humane manner.
(O) To use any live animal as or for a target.
(P) To dye or color any animal for purpose of concealing its identity. (Ord. 158, 5-11-1988, eff. 5-18-1988)