CHAPTER 9: ANIMALS AND FOWL *

Section

Article I. In General

   9-1   Cruelty to animals prohibited

   9-2   Transportation of live animals in cruel manner prohibited

   9-3   Abandoning of diseased, disabled and like animal; permitting aged, diseased and like animal to suffer

   9-4   Transportation of animals generally; keeping of animals by licensed slaughterhouses

   9-5   Animals running at large

   9-5.1   Burial of dead animals

Article II. Dogs

Division 1. Generally

   9-6   Barking dog prohibited; exception

   9-7   Dog running at large prohibited

   9-8   Same — what constitutes

   9-9   Same — seizure

   9-10   Keeping dog that destroys or trespasses on others’ property

   9-11   Permitting female dog in heat to run at large

   9-12   Confining to create unsanitary, obnoxious and like conditions

   9-12.1   Cleaning pens, yards and the like

   9-12.2   Defecating on private, public property

   9-13   Person deemed keeping or harboring

   9-14   Prima facie evidence of ownership

   9-14.1   Issuance of appearance ticket to commence prosecution for violation

   9-14.2   Waiver of right to arraignment

   9-14.3   Penalty for subsequent violations

Division 2. Vicious Dogs

   9-14.4   Animals; keeping prohibited

   9-14.4.1   Removal of prohibited animal; exceptions

   9-14.5   “Vicious dog” defined

   9-14.6   Keeping of vicious dog regulated

   9-14.7   Reporting requirements

   9-14.8   Failure of owner or keeper to comply

   9-14.9   Violation and penalties

   9-14.10   Order to show cause; killing or confining of dog

   9-14.11   Noncompliance with order; fine; court costs

   9-14.12   Severability

Article III. Fowl

   9-15   Running at large prohibited; exception

   9-15.1   Keeping of poultry and the like restricted

   9-16   Yard and the like — required size

   9-17   Same — distance from buildings

   9-18   Same — cleaning schedule

   9-19   Keeping crowing rooster

   9-20   Transportation; slaughtering house

   9-21   Storage awaiting sale or slaughter

   9-22   Pigeons

Article IV. Nonhuman Primates

   9-23   Keeping for scientific, educational or exhibition

   9-24   Keeping for other purposes prohibited

   9-25   “Nonhuman primates” defined

   9-26   Bona fide exhibition purposes enumerated

   9-27   Selling, reselling or distributing for exhibition without evidence of that purpose

   9-28   Persons deemed keepers of nonhuman primates

   9-29   Penalty for keeping in violation

   9-30   Penalty for selling, reselling or distributing in violation

ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL

§ 9-1 CRUELTY TO ANIMALS PROHIBITED.

   It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or work when overloaded or unfit for labor, overwork, torture, torment, cruelly beat, maim, disfigure, or without just cause or excuse kill an animal, or for an owner, possessor, or person who assumes the custody or charge of an animal, to abandon it or cause the animal to be abandoned in any place without making provisions for the animal’s adequate care by providing it with sufficient food, water, shelter and medical attention to maintain the animal in a state of good health.

(Ord. 232, passed 1-25-1927; Ord. 3333, passed 7-8-1996)

Statutory reference:

   Animal cruelty laws, see MCLA 750.50

§ 9-2 TRANSPORTATION OF LIVE ANIMALS IN CRUEL MANNER PROHIBITED.

   No person or persons shall carry or cause to be carried in or upon any vehicle or otherwise, any live animal having the feet or legs tied together or in any other cruel or inhumane manner or without providing suitable racks, crates or cages in which such animal may stand up or lie down during transportation or while awaiting slaughter or sale.

(Ord. 232, passed 1-25-1927)

§ 9-3 ABANDONING OF DISEASED, DISABLED AND LIKE ANIMAL; PERMITTING AGED, DISEASED AND LIKE ANIMAL TO SUFFER.

   No person or persons shall abandon any diseased, maimed, hopelessly sick, infirmed or disabled animal to die in any place, or willfully or negligently permit or allow any aged, diseased, maimed, hopelessly sick, or disabled animal to suffer unnecessary torture or pain.

(Ord. 232, passed 1-25-1927)