A. Prohibited Acts: It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly, wilfully or maliciously to:
1. Deposit any animal onto the property of another or on public property or rights-of-way with the intention of abandoning the same;
2. Pour on or apply to an animal any drug or other thing which inflicts pain;
3. Improperly use any collar, leash, harness, etc., resulting in pain or damage to an animal;
4. Treat an animal in a cruel or inhumane manner;
5. Neglect an animal in a cruel or inhumane manner when the person responsible for the neglect is the animal's owner or otherwise charged with the animal's care and custody at the time the animal is neglected;
6. Kill, or attempt to kill, any animal in an inhumane manner; or
7. Poison, or expose to poison, any dog or other animal, except a noxious, nondomesticated animal.
B. Encouraging To Fight: It shall be unlawful for any person to instigate or encourage a fight between animals, or to keep a house, pit or other place used for fights between animals. (Ord. 924, 1-11-2010)