(A) No person shall overdrive, overload, drive when overloaded, overwork, torture, torment, deprive of necessary sustenance including food, water and veterinary treatment, cruelly beat, mutilate or cruelly kill, or cause or procure to be so overdriven, overloaded, driven when overloaded, overworked, tortured, tormented, deprived of necessary sustenance including food, water and veterinary treatment, cruelly beaten, mutilated or cruelly killed any animal and whoever having the charge or custody of any animal, either as owner or otherwise, inflicts unnecessary cruelty upon the same, or willfully fails to provide the same with proper food, drink, veterinary care, shelter or protection from the weather, or not provide grooming necessary to prevent adverse health conditions.
(B) The cropping of the ears of and the docking of the tail of a dog shall be considered to be a mutilation or cruelty to an animal within the meaning of this section, unless the cropping or docking is performed by a licensed registered veterinary surgeon, while the dog is under an anesthetic.
(C) No person owning or harboring any animal, or any other person, shall treat an animal in a cruel or inhuman manner, or willfully or negligently cause or permit any animal to suffer unnecessary torture or pain.
(D) No persons shall molest, injure, kill, or capture any domestic or wild bird or poultry, or disturb the nest of any wild birds, unless otherwise permitted by law.
(E) No person shall slaughter any animal in the city except for properly licensed commercial facilities in the business of food preparation or police in the course of their duties or as permitted by law.
(Ord. 412, passed 5-8-1984; Am. Ord., passed 11-22-2022; Am. Ord. 2021-01-10, passed 1-10-2023)