It shall be unlawful for any person to:
(A) Beat intentionally or strike repeatedly, maim, mutilate, disfigure, torture, torment, burn or scald, overload, treat cruelly, or otherwise intentionally injure or cause the death of any animal;
(B) Fail to provide the animal, belonging to him or her, or under his or her control, with wholesome food and water in sufficient quantity and nutritional value to meet the normal daily requirements for the condition and size of the animal; to adequately shelter the animal from rain, hail, sleet, snow, or a surrounding environment causing the animal to suffer or die;
(C) Fail to provide domestic animals with appropriate shade during times of extreme heat; appropriate shade may include tarps, sunshades, or roofed structures;
(D) Fail to provide domestic animals, which are continuously confined, with sufficient room necessary for daily exercise;
(E) Fail to keep a domestic animal in an area that is dry, clean, sanitary, and free from offensive odors and its own waste;
(F) Confine for an extended period of time an animal in any pen, cage, coop, crate, or any other such place or enclosure that is too small for the size of the animal. A confined area or enclosure may be deemed too small if the animal is unable to stand up and turn around, regardless of the type of enclosure used;
(G) Construct floors in a manner which fails to protect the confined domestic animals’ feet and legs from injury. If the floor is mesh or slatted, it shall not permit any animals’ feet or any portion to pass through any opening in the floor. If the floor of the primary enclosure is constructed of wire, a solid resting surface or surfaces shall be provided. This resting surface must be large enough to comfortably and simultaneously hold all the occupants of the primary enclosure;
(H) Abandon any domestic animal or livestock while under the possession, care, custody, or control of a person. Abandonment may consist of leaving such animal for a period exceeding 24 hours without food or water. An abandoned animal may be impounded by any law enforcement officer or Animal Control Officer and confined in the County Animal Shelter;
(I) Permit any dogfight, cockfight, bullfight, or other combat between animals or between animals and humans. If the law enforcement officer(s) or Animal Control Officer(s) has reasonable cause to suspect that an animal is involved in a dogfight, cockfight, or other combat, as defined by KRS 525.125, the animal may be impounded by the law enforcement officer or Animal Control Officer and confined in the County Animal Shelter. Said animal shall be held as evidence and confined in such facility in a humane manner. Upon a finding by the Court that the animal has been involved in a dogfight, cockfight, or other combat between animals, the animal shall become the property of the County Fiscal Court or held for disposition as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction;
(J) Allow any ill or injured domestic animal to go without appropriate and reasonable veterinary care;
(K) Crop a dog’s ears, except by a licensed veterinarian;
(L) Fail to report striking a domestic animal or livestock while operating a motor vehicle. The operator of a motor vehicle which strikes a domestic animal or livestock shall immediately report the incident to the animal’s owner or caretaker. If the operator cannot locate the owner or a caretaker, the vehicle operator shall report the accident to a law enforcement officer, an Animal Control Officer, or to the local Humane Society;
(M) Expose a domestic animal to a known poisonous substance which is available and susceptible to being eaten by such animal. However, it shall be lawful for a person to place on his or her property rat poison if mixed with vegetable substances;
(N) Inflict pain, injury, or death to an animal by striking, beating, dropping, kicking, dragging, strangling, choking, or by using an object or weapon;
(O) Cause pain, injury, or death to an animal by caustic, flammable, boiling, or heated substances; or
(P) Cause injury or death to an animal by suffocation or drowning; or failing to provide health related grooming.
(Ord. KOC 1010.6 (2013), passed 10-24-2013) Penalty, see § 90.99