This section applies to the care of domestic animals.
(A) No owner shall recklessly fail to provide animals with sufficient good and wholesome food and water. Food must be appropriate for the species.
(B) No owner shall recklessly fail to provide animals with proper shelter.
(C) (1) No owner shall leave an animal outside and exposed to the elements for any amount of time that said exposure would become dangerous to the animal’s health, without providing proper shelter for said animals.
(2) Proper shelter shall mean a structure of at least three sides and a roof within which an animal can seek refuge from the sun, wind, and precipitation. The shelter is to be located on dry ground that is mud free and which shelter is maintained in a sanitary condition to prevent odor and health problems for the animal.
(3) Every owner/caregiver of a domestic animal(s) that is confined outside shall be brought into a temperature controlled facility/shelter when the temperature is at or below 32°F or at or above 85°F or when a heat advisory, wind chill warning, or a tornado warning has been issued by local, state, or national authority. Exception to the listed above is when the animal(s) are in direct visual range/site of a owner/caregiver.
(D) (1) No person shall recklessly fail to provide veterinary care for animals. As used in this section, VETERINARY CARE means proper grooming, medical treatment, and vaccinations against rabies.
(2) Tail docking, ear cropping, or spay/neutering, when done by an individual who is not a licensed veterinarian, is a violation of this section.
(E) No person shall recklessly beat, cruelly ill-treat, torment, overload, overwork, or otherwise abuse any animal.
(F) No owner shall abandon any animal.
(G) Animal shall be kept in a clean, sanitary, and healthy manner and not confined so as to be forced to stand, sit, or lie in its own excrement; the person(s) responsible for animal(s) shall regularly , maintain all animal areas or areas of animal contact to prevent odor, health, and sanitation problems.
(H) It shall be unlawful for a person to incite, train to fight, or set any animal to fighting another animal or to incite combat between animals and humans. An exception to this division is a crime prevention dog.
(1) No person shall build, make, maintain, or possess animal fighting paraphernalia or keep a fighting facility on his or her premises.
(2) No person shall in any manner encourage, instigate, promote, or assist in an exhibition of animal fighting or intentional combat between animals.
(3) No person shall assist, participate, be present, or charge admission to any exhibition of an animal fight or combat.
(I) No person shall violate the provisions of I.C. 35-46-3. Violations of I.C. 35-46-3 shall be prosecuted in accordance with the provisions of state law as contained therein.
(Ord. 25-2021, passed 12-28-2021) Penalty, see § 94.99