(A) No person shall neglect, beat, cruelly ill-treat or torment any animal or cause or permit any dogfight, cock fight or other combat between animals. For the purpose of this section, neglect, cruel, ill-treatment and torment of an animal shall constitute cruelty as defined in § 91.001, and further defined as a failure by a person to adhere to the requirements and provisions of § 91.090. In the event there is a reasonable cause to suspect that an animal is being beaten, cruelly ill-treated, neglected or tormented or involved in a dogfight, cockfight or other combat, custody of such animal may be taken by an Animal Control Officer or peace officer and impounded in the animal shelter. The animal shall be held as evidence and confined in such facility in a humane manner. Upon finding by a court that the animal has been neglected, beaten, cruelly ill-treated or tormented or involved in a dogfight, cockfight or other combat between animals, the animal shall become the property of the Metro Government.
(B) No person shall own, possess, keep, or train any bird or animal with the intent that such bird or animal shall be engaged in an exhibition of fighting. In the event that a person shall own, possess, keep, or train any bird or animal with the intent that such bird or animal shall be engaged in an exhibition of fighting, he/she shall be liable for citation for violation of this chapter and be subject to the penalties provided in § 91.999.
(C) No person shall be present at any dogfight, cockfight or combat between animals. In the event that a person is present at a dogfight, cockfight, or combat between animals, he/she shall be liable for citation for violation of this chapter and be subject to the penalties provided in § 91.999.
(D) Any person who is found present at a dogfight, cockfight, or combat between animals, and who is charged with being a spectator in violation of this chapter, and who is in possession of and/or is the owner of an animal of the same species as that involved in the animal fight, shall be charged with intent to engage in an exhibition of fighting in violation of this chapter. The animal shall be confiscated if found on the premises or in the immediate area of the dogfight, cockfight, or combat between animals.
(1994 Jeff. Code, §91.054) (Jeff. Ord. 17-1990, adopted and effective 12-19-1990; Jeff. Am.Ord. 46-1996, adopted and effective 12-10-1996; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 97-2003, approved 5-16-2003; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 186-2003, approved 10-10-2003; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 233-2006, approved 1-4-2007; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 290-2007, approved 12-20-2007)
Penalty, see § 91.999