§ 90.021 UNLAWFUL CONDITIONS FOR CONFINING ANIMALS IN VEHICLES.

   (A)   It shall be unlawful for any person to place or confine, or allow the animal to be confined, in a manner so that it must remain in a motor vehicle or trailer under conditions or for periods of time as may endanger the health or well-being of the animal due to heat, lack of food or water, or any circumstance which might cause suffering, disability, or death.

   (B)   An animal found confined in a motor vehicle in a public place under weather conditions that endanger its life, as determined by the supervisor of animal control, an animal control officer, an animal cruelty officer, or law enforcement officer, is a violation of this section. Any law enforcement or animal control officer is hereby authorized to enter the vehicle and rescue the animal and impound it in accordance with § 90.120. A prominent written notice shall be left on or in the vehicle advising that the animal has been removed under the authority of this section and impounded, in accordance with § 90.120, at the animal shelter.

(Ord. passed 10-6-2008) Penalty, see § 90.999

§ 90.022 INJURY OR DEATH OF ANIMAL BY MOTORIST.

   The driver of any vehicle which injures or kills a domestic animal should inform the owner of the animal or, failing that, should inform local law enforcement or county Animal Control.

(Ord. passed 10-6-2008)

§ 90.023 TETHERING OF FOWL PROHIBITED.

   It shall be unlawful for any person to tether any fowl. Fowl used in the training or demonstration of hunting dogs are exempt from this provision.

(Ord. passed 10-6-2008) Penalty, see § 90.999

§ 90.024 TRANSFER OF ANIMALS UNDER EIGHT WEEKS PROHIBITED; EXCEPTION.

   If any person, firm, or corporation shall sell, or offer for sale, barter, or give away as premiums, living baby chicks, ducklings, or other fowl or rabbits under eight weeks of age as pets or novelties, the person, firm, or corporation shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor, pursuant to G.S. § 14-363.1. However, this section shall not be construed to prohibit the sale of non-domesticated species of chicks, ducklings, or other fowl, or of other fowl from proper brooder facilities by hatcheries or stores engaged in the business of selling them for purposes other than for pets or novelties.

(Ord. passed 10-6-2008)

§ 90.025 DYEING OF ANIMALS PROHIBITED.

   It shall be unlawful to color, dye, stain, or otherwise change the natural color of baby chickens, other fowl, or rabbits.

(Ord. passed 10-6-2008) Penalty, see § 90.999

§ 90.026 TRAPPING OF ANIMALS RESTRICTED.

   (A)   (1)   It shall be unlawful to set traps such as leg hold, soft leg hold, offset leg hold, conibear, and spring wire traps within a residential community or within 1,000 feet of a rural residence where domestic animals might run loose, without the permission of the property owner.

      (2)   The owner of the trap shall have his or her name and contact information permanently affixed to the trap.

   (B)   It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully set a trap for the sole purpose of trapping domestic animals (dogs, cats, puppies, kittens) with the exception of live, humane traps.

(Ord. passed 10-6-2008) Penalty, see § 90.999