505.08 CRUELTY TO ANIMALS GENERALLY.

   (a)    No person shall:

      (1)    Torture an animal, deprive one of necessary sustenance, unnecessarily or cruelly beat, needlessly mutilate or kill, or impound or confine an animal without supplying it during its confinement with a sufficient quantity of good wholesome food and water;

      (2)    Impound or confine an animal without affording it, during such confinement, access to shelter from wind, snow, rain or excessive direct sunlight if it can reasonably be expected that the animal would otherwise become sick or in some other way suffer;

      (3)    Carry or convey an animal in a cruel or inhuman manner;

      (4)    Keep animals in an enclosure without wholesome exercise and change of air.

   (b)    Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree.

(Ord. 130-1980. Passed 9-8-80.)