(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to molest, torture, torment, deprive of necessary sustenance, cruelly beat, needlessly mutilate or kill, wound, injure, poison, abandon or subject to conditions
detrimental to its health or general welfare any animal, or to cause or procure said action. The works TORTURE and TORMENT shall be held to include every act, omission or neglect whereby unjustifiable physical pain, suffering or death is caused or permitted, but the terms shall not be construed to prohibit an animal’s owner, a veterinarian, the Health Officer, the Chief of Police or Animals Control Program representatives from destroying dangerous, unwanted or injured animals in a humane manner.
(B) Animal cruelty investigators may be appointed by the Chief of Police or the Pasquotank County Sheriff. An animal cruelty investigator(s) has the responsibility for carrying out the defined duties of an animal cruelty investigator as mandated by G.S. §§ 19A-46 and 19A-47.
(Ord. 2016-09-12, passed 9-26-2016)