(A) No owner shall fail to provide his or her dog with good and wholesome food and water, property shelter and protection from the dangerous weather, veterinarian care when needed to prevent suffering and humane care and treatment.
(B) If any dog is restrained by chain, leash or similar restraint, such chain or restraint shall be designed to prevent the animal from choking or strangling itself.
(C) No person shall beat, cruelly mistreat or torments, overload, overwork or otherwise chase any dog or cause or permit any dog fight or other combat between animals and dogs.
(D) (1) No owner shall abandon a dog (abandonment consisting of leaving a dog for a period in excess of 24 hours without providing for someone to feed, water and to check on the dog’s condition).
(2) In the event a dog is found to be abandoned, such dog may be taken by the Dog Warden or other peace officer and impounded at the Franklin County Humane Society, Inc., Small Animal Shelter.
(3) Such dog, if taken from private property, shall be kept for not less than seven days with the same procedure otherwise to be followed as in § 90.02 of this chapter.
(4) In the event a dog is so abandoned, the owner, rather than the person, if any, who is charged with the animal’s care, shall be liable for a citation or criminal complaint for violation of this section.
(E) No person shall crop a dog’s ears, except by a licensed veterinarian.
(Ord. 2 (1984), passed 7-19-1984; Ord. 6-2018, passed 2-22-2018) Penalty, see § 90.99