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It is unlawful for any person to carry or confine any animal in or upon any vehicle in a cruel or inhumane manner, including, but not limited to, carrying or confining such animal without adequate ventilation or for an unusual length of time. Persons transporting an animal in the open bed of a vehicle must physically restrain the animal in such a manner as to prevent the animal from jumping or falling out of the vehicle. (Ord. 2012-16, 6-21-2012)
It is unlawful for any person to kill without legal justification, maim, disfigure, torture, beat, whip, mutilate, burn or scald, overdrive or in any manner treat any animal in a cruel or malicious manner. Each instance of such treatment shall constitute a separate offense. (Ord. 2012-16, 6-21-2012)
A. Required: The operator of a motor vehicle or other self- propelled vehicle being operated upon the streets of the city shall, in the event said vehicle should strike and injure or kill any domesticated animal, give reasonable aid and assistance and/or protection to said animal, without placing him or herself at unreasonable risk, and in the absence of the owner call and report the facts pertaining to the incident to either of the following authorities:
1. The Salt Lake County sheriff or other police agency having jurisdiction in the city;
2. The director; or
3. The division.
B. Compliance With Instructions Given: After making the report required above, the operator shall comply with the instructions given by the agency contacted and shall, if instructed, remain at the scene until appropriate police or animal control authority arrives. After arrival of appropriate authority, the operator shall cooperate with said authority in the investigation and reporting of the incident.
C. Transportation Alternative: As an alternative to complying with the requirements set forth above, and in the absence of the owner the motor vehicle operator may transport the animal which has been struck to the division's animal facility, or, in the case of an animal which is injured and not dead, to a veterinarian for treatment of the animal's injuries. If the operator chooses the latter course of action, he/she shall be responsible for the cost of treatment if required by the veterinarian. The division shall not be responsible for the cost of treatment unless it has accepted responsibility after the operator's compliance with any of the requirements of this section.
D. Exception For Emergency Vehicles: This section shall not apply to operators of emergency vehicles if such vehicles are being operated in response to a bona fide emergency situation at the time the animal is struck. Emergency vehicle operators who strike an animal during a response to a bona fide emergency situation shall notify the director or the division of the incident as soon as is practicable thereafter. (Ord. 2012-16, 6-21-2012)
Except as provided in this section, it is unlawful for any person by any means to knowingly and recklessly make accessible to any animal, with intent to cause harm or death, any substance which has in any manner been treated or prepared with any harmful or poisonous substance. This provision shall not be interpreted so as to prohibit the use of poisonous substances for the control of vermin in furtherance of the public health, when applied in such a manner as to reasonably prohibit access to other animals. (Ord. 2012-16, 6-21-2012)
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