A person commits the offense of cruelty to animals if the person:
(A) Intentionally kills or attempts to kill any animal without first obtaining legal authority, or without necessary public privilege;
(B) Overworks, overloads, tortures, torments, abandons, administers poison to, cruelly beats, or mutilates an animal or exposes a poison with an intent that it be ingested by an animal;
(C) Ties, tethers, chains, or restrains an animal, either a pet or livestock, in a manner that is inhumane or detrimental to its welfare. Livestock and animal husbandry practices are specifically exempted;
(D) Deprives an animal which a person owns, possesses, or acts as an agent for, of adequate food, water, shelter, ventilation, rest, sanitation, grooming, necessary medical attention, and protection from extremes of temperature, all in sufficient quantity and quality so as to meet the needs of the animal;
(E) Abandoning any animal over whom the person has ownership, charged care, custody, or possession. Abandonment shall mean a person’s intent not to supply all of the elements listed in division (D) above;
(F) Owns, possesses, keeps, or trains an animal engaged in an exhibition of fighting, or permits any such act to be done on premises under his or her charge or control;
(G) Acts as judge or participates as a spectator at events of animal fighting or bets or wagers on the outcome of the fight;
(H) Intentionally torments or harasses an animal owned by or engaged by a police department or public agency of the state or its political subdivisions, or interferes with the lawful performance of a police animal;
(I) Uses a live animal as bait or a lure in a race, game, or contest, or in training animals in a manner inconsistent with state law;
(J) Keeping, using, owning, or possessing any property, paraphernalia, or animals for the purpose of animal fighting or baiting, giving, or receiving money or wagering money in relation to any animal fighting or baiting or causing an animal to fight, or training an animal to fight other animals;
(K) Commits theft, conversion, taking, leading away, or secreting of any animal;
(L) Concealing the identity of any animal for the purpose of making the return of the animal to their owner more difficult, including but not limited to the obscuring, altering, or removing of any collar, tag, license, tattoo, or other identifying device or mark;
(M) Tripping, felling, or dragging an animal by the legs or tail;
(N) Causes a risk to the health, peace, or life of an animal for the purposes of entertainment, amusement, sport, or monetary gain; and/or
(O) Uses any animal as a lure or bait, except for the purposes of fishing or trapping, pursuant to state license.
(Prior Code, § 6-3-2) (Ord. O07-07-06, passed 7-12-2007; Res. R07-07-17, passed 7-12-2007) Penalty, see § 91.99