It shall be unlawful for any person to inhumanely treat any animal, including but not limited to the deprivation of necessities, beating, mutilating, torturing, killing, overloading, overworking or otherwise abuse any animal. Nothing herein shall preclude the County Animal Shelter from the humane euthanization of any animal when euthanasia is necessitated by over-population, disease or injury.
(1992 Code, § 91.02) Penalty, see § 90.99