CHAPTER 91: ANIMALS
Section
General Provisions
   91.01   Cruelty to animals
   91.02   Hunting prohibited
   91.03   Sale or coloring of baby chicks, rabbits and the like prohibited; exception
Dogs, Licensing
   91.15   Dogs running at large; collar and tags
   91.16   License required
   91.17   Application; fee; expiration; tags
   91.18   Immunization required; certificate
   91.19   License tags; nontransference; fee
   91.20   Exemption from licensing provisions
   91.22   Barking dogs
   91.23   Rabies control; dog bites; notification
   91.24   Impoundment procedure
   91.25   Disposition of dead dogs
Kennels
   91.35   Definition
   91.36   License required
   91.37   Application for license
   91.38   Issuance of license
   91.39   License fee; proration
   91.40   Buildings, kennels and yards to be kept clean; humane treatment
   91.41   Maximum number of dogs to be determined; inspection.
   91.42   Location of kennels restricted
   91.43   Existing kennels
   91.44   Individual license for dogs in kennel not required; exception
Administration and Enforcement
   91.55   Dog pound; supervision
   91.56   Seizure or disposal of dogs on violation of provisions
Cats
   91.65   Possession, sheltering or harboring of cats
   91.66   Vaccination required; certificate
   91.67   Nuisance
 
   91.99   Penalty
GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 91.01 CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
   (A)   This section may be cited as the Cruelty to Animals Regulations.
(‘68 Code, § 4-418)
   (B)   Whoever overdrives, overloads, drives when overloaded, overworks, tortures, torments, deprives of necessary sustenance, cruelly beats, mutilates or cruelly kills or causes or produces to be so overdriven, overloaded, driven when overloaded, overworked, tortured, tormented, deprived of necessary sustenance, cruelly beaten, mutilated or cruelly killed, any animal or 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 same with proper food, drink, shelter or protection from the weather, shall be guilty of this offense.
(‘68 Code, § 5-491)
   (C)   The cropping of dogs’ ears and tails shall be considered a mutilation or cruelty to an animal within the meaning of this section unless the cropping is performed by a registered veterinarian surgeon while the dog is under anesthetic.
(‘68 Code, § 4-420) (Ord. 498, passed 12-12-75) Penalty, see § 91.99
Cross-reference:
   Molesting Wildlife Prohibited, see § 96.17
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