(A) Cruelty to animals prohibited. No person or owner may beat, cruelly treat, torment, starve, overwork or otherwise abuse any animal, except that reasonable force may be employed to drive away vicious or trespassing animals. No owner may abandon any animal where it may become a public charge or may suffer injury, hunger or exposure. Any unwanted animals should be delivered to the county animal control facility for adoption or other proper disposition (see 65 ILCS 5/11-5-6 and 510 ILCS 70/3.01).
(B) Food and shelter. It shall be unlawful for any person in charge of any animal to fail, refuse or neglect to provide such animal with food, potable water, shade or shelter, or to cruelly or unnecessarily expose any such animal in hot, stormy, cold or inclement weather (see 65 ILCS 5/11-5-6).
(C) Confinement in motor vehicle. No owner or person shall confine any animal in a motor vehicle in such a manner that places it in a life or health-threatening situation by exposure to a prolonged period of extreme heat or cold, without proper ventilation or other protection from such heat or cold. In order to protect the health and safety of an animal, an animal control officer, law enforcement officer or Department investigator who has probable cause to believe that this section is being violated shall have authority to enter such motor vehicle by any reasonable means under the circumstances after making a reasonable effort to locate the owner or other person responsible (see 65 ILCS 5/11-5-6 and 510 ILCS 70/7.1).
(D) Animal fighting prohibited. No person shall fight or bait, conspire to fight or bait, or keep, train, or transport for the purpose of fighting or baiting, any animal (see 65 ILCS 5/11-5-3).
(Ord. 2012-02, passed - -2012) Penalty, see § 174.99