(A) No person or those owning, or having possession, charge, custody, or control of any animal, shall cause or fail to provide said animal with sufficient good and wholesome food, clean water, proper shelter, care and veterinary treatment when needed.
(B) An animal control officer shall issue a summons if there is probable cause to believe that a violation of any provision of this subchapter has been violated, including the following violations:
(1) Abandon an animal, or cause to be abandoned;
(2) Expose any known poisonous substance, whether mixed with food or not, so that the same shall reasonably be expected to be eaten by any animal, fish, bird, fowl, or reptile; provided that it shall not be unlawful for a person to expose on his/her own property common rat poison mixed only with vegetable substances;
(3) Cruelly beat, ill-treat, torment, torture, overload, overwork, or otherwise abuse an animal, or cause, instigate, or permit, any fight, or other combat between animals, or animal and human;
(4) No person, except a licensed veterinarian, shall perform an operation to crop, notch, or split an animal's ear or tail;
(5) Failure to provide treatment or denial of treatment for any diseased, sick or injured animal;
(6) Failure or denial of necessary sustenance, such as food in an inadequate amount to sustain flesh or permit normal growth, an inadequate amount of clean water, or water that is sour, filthy, or spoiled;
(7) Failure or denial of proper confinement, to remove excrement and keep shelter or confinement area clean, odor free, and free of ticks, fleas, flies, or mosquitoes;
(8) Tease, bait, or in any way molest any animal not belonging to him or legally under his/his control;
(9) Failure or denial to provide shelter for any animal, fish, bird, fowl, or reptile of any kind in any manner without shading same from the sun, any direct light, heat or cold and providing adequate ventilation for their use;
(10) Sell, offer for sale, barter, or give away, any animal, fowl, or reptile which cannot care for itself, which is unweaned;
(11) Allowing animals to run free, break loose, or escape in any manner;
(12) Give away any live animal, fish, bird, fowl, or reptile, as a prize for, or as an inducement to enter, any contest, game, or other competition, or as an inducement to enter a place of amusement, or offer such species as an incentive to enter into any business agreement whereby the offer was for the purpose of attracting trade.
(C) Any person, as the operator of a vehicle, who strikes a dog or cat, should, if reasonably possible, report the accident to the owner, the animal control division, or the police department.
(Ord. 2012-09, passed 9-20-2012)