It shall be unlawful to:
A. Inhumanely beat, underfeed, overload or abandon any animal.
B. Fail to provide any animal with proper shelter, protection from weather or veterinary care when needed to prevent suffering.
D. Intentionally strike Canadian geese or other wildlife with a motor vehicle. Geese and other wildlife shall have the right of way when crossing streets within the village. Any person who, as the operator of a motor vehicle, strikes an animal, shall stop at once and render such assistance as may be possible, or shall immediately report such injury to the animal owner, if known; or to the appropriate law enforcement agency; or to the local humane society.
E. Torment, shoot at with slingshots, BB or pellet type guns or other firearms, pelt with rocks or otherwise disturb any animals.
F. Poison or cause to be poisoned any domesticated animal. The only exception will be by written permit from the Illinois department of agriculture for the purpose of controlling diseases transmissible to humans or other animals and only when all other methods and means have been exhausted. Any drugs used for euthanasia shall be by or under the direction of a licensed veterinarian.
G. Leave any animal unattended in a motor vehicle or enclosed trailer when the outside temperature exceeds eighty six degrees Fahrenheit (86°F) (30°C) or contain any animal in such manner that said animal does not have proper air circulation while confined in a motor vehicle, trailer, kennel, doghouse, or any type of container or structure in which an animal may be confined.
H. Own any animal which is known to be infected with any disease transmissible to other animals or man, including severe parasitism, unless such animal shall be confined in such a manner as not to expose other animals or man.
I. Allow pets and other animals in public parks off leash or in other ways in violations of Section 7-3-1 of the Village Code. (Ord. 2009-06-621, 6-15-2009; amd. Ord. 2020-11-390, 11-16-2020)
Notes
| 1 | 1. 510 ILCS 70/1 et seq. |
| 2 | 2. 225 ILCS 605/1 et seq. |