Owners are responsible for the acts of their dogs. The owner of any dog who commits a nuisance upon the property of another person or who damages another person’s property or person shall be fully responsible and accountable for those acts. The owners of dogs shall provide humane and sanitary shelter from heat, cold, rain, wind and snow and shall provide food and water adequate to keep the animals in good health and comfort. All dogs shall be given opportunity for vigorous daily exercises and shall be provided by their owners with veterinary care when needed to prevent suffering. No person shall poison or maim a dog nor may a dog be abandoned. Unwanted animals may be given to the Chowan County Animal Control Officer to be sold by the county or destroyed in a humane manner.
(Prior Code, § 4-19) (Ord. passed 7-1-1972)
Statutory reference:
Authority of town to define and prohibit abuse of animals, see G.S. § 160A-182
Cruelty to animals generally, see G.S. §§ 14-360 through 14-363 and 14-366 to 14-368
Protection of animals generally, see G.S. §§ 19A-1 et seq.