(a) Acts of Cruelty or Mistreatment Prohibited. No person may treat any animal, whether belonging to that person or not, in a cruel manner. No person except a law enforcement or animal control officer in the pursuit of his/her duties shall, within the Village of Edgar, shoot or kill or commit an act of cruelty to any animal or bird or disturb any bird's nests or bird's eggs. This Subsection does not prohibit bona fide experiments carried on for scientific research or normal and accepted veterinary practices.
(b) Leading Animal From Motor Vehicle. No person shall lead any animal upon a Village street from a motor vehicle, tractor, snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, or from a trailer or semi-trailer drawn by a motor vehicle.
(c) Use of Poisonous and Controlled Substances. No person may expose any pet animal owned by another to any known poisonous substance or controlled substance listed in Sec. 961.14, Wis. Stats., whether mixed with meat or other food or not, where it is reasonable to anticipate the substance may be eaten by such animal or for the purpose of harming the animal. This Subsection shall not apply to poison used on one's own premises and designed for the purpose of rodent and pest extermination, nor the use of a controlled substance used in accepted veterinarian practice or in research by persons or organizations regularly engaged in such research.
(d) Use of Certain Devices Prohibited. No person may directly or indirectly, or by aiding, abetting or permitting the doing thereof either put, place, fasten, use or fix upon or to any animal used or readied for use for a work purpose or for use in an exhibition, competition, rodeo, circus or other performance any of the following devices: a bristle bur, tack bur or like device; or a poling device used to train a horse to jump which is charged with electricity or to which have been affixed nails, tacks or other sharp points.
(e) Shooting at Caged or Staked Animals. No person may instigate, promote, aid or abet as a principal, agent, employee, participant or spectator, or participate in the earnings from or intentionally maintain or allow any place to be used for the shooting, killing or wounding with a firearm or any deadly weapon any animal that is tied, staked out, caged or otherwise intentionally confined in a man-made enclosure, regardless of size.
(f) Transportation of Animals. No person may transport any animal in or upon any vehicle in a cruel or reckless manner. An animal shall not be left unattended in a vehicle when extreme heat conditions exist.
(g) Taking Without Owner's Consent. No person may take any dog, cat or other domestic animal from one place to another without the owner's consent or cause such animal to be confined, transported or held without the owner's consent, except when such is part of an enforcement response by authorities.