Dogs
93.20 License and tax required; exemption; tags
93.21 Collar or harness required
93.22 Removal of collar, harness, or tags
93.23 Liability of owner
93.24 Barking and chasing; complaints
93.25 Running at large
93.26 Impounding
93.27 Capture impossible
93.28 Vicious dogs
93.29 Rabies suspected
93.30 Pit bulls; prohibition and regulation
Cats
93.45 Intent
93.46 Definitions
93.47 Sterilization
93.48 Return of cats spayed and neutered through the TNR process
93.49 Interfering with the TNR process
93.50 Licensing
93.51 Killing and poisoning
93.52 Bites
93.53 Nuisance
93.99 Penalty
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(A) It shall be unlawful for the owner of any cow, hog, horse, mule, sheep, goat, dog, chicken, turkey, goose, or other animal except a cat to permit the animal to run at large at any time on any of the public ways and property or the property of another in the city or to be tethered or staked out in such a manner so as to allow the animal to reach or pass into any public way or property or any property of another.
(B) The owner of a cat may permit the cat to run at large within the corporate limits subject to any restrictions or prohibitions otherwise imposed by the City Council.
(C) Any animal found running at large or tethered or staked out in violation of this section is a public nuisance and may be impounded or destroyed as provided in this chapter.
(D) Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit anyone to own an animal in the corporate limits of the city that is prohibited by the City Council.
Penalty, see § 93.99
Statutory reference:
Authority to regulate, see Neb. RS 17-526 and 17-547
Fine for permitting collarless dog to run at large, see Neb. RS 54-607
All pens, cages, sheds, yards, or any other area or enclosure for the confinement or animals not specifically barred within the corporate limits shall be kept in a clean and orderly manner so as not to become a menace or nuisance to the neighborhood in which the enclosure is located.
Penalty, see § 93.99
(A) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDON. To leave any animal in one’s care, whether as owner or custodian, for any length of time without making effective provision for its food, water, or other care as is reasonably necessary for the animal’s health.
ANIMAL. Any vertebrate member of the animal kingdom. ANIMAL does not include an uncaptured wild creature or a livestock animal as defined in this section.
BOVINE. A cow, an ox, or a bison.
CRUELLY MISTREAT. To knowingly and intentionally kill, maim, disfigure, torture, beat, mutilate, burn, scald, or otherwise inflict harm upon any animal.
CRUELLY NEGLECT. To fail to provide any animal in one’s care, whether as owner or custodian, with food, water, or other care as is reasonably necessary for the animal’s health.
HUMANE KILLING. The destruction of an animal by a method which causes the animal a minimum of pain and suffering.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. Any member of the Nebraska State Patrol, any county or deputy sheriff, any member of the police force of the city or any other city or village, or any other public official authorized by the city or any other city or village to enforce state or local animal control laws, rules, regulations, or ordinances. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER also includes a special investigator appointed as a deputy state sheriff as authorized pursuant to Neb. RS 81-201 while acting within the authority of the Director of Agriculture.
LIVESTOCK ANIMAL. Any bovine, equine, swine, sheep, goats, domesticated cervine animals, ratite birds, or poultry.
OWNER OR CUSTODIAN. Any person owning, keeping, possessing, harboring, or knowingly permitting an animal to remain on or about any premises owned or occupied by such person.
POLICE ANIMAL. A horse or dog owned or controlled by the state or any county, city, or village for the purpose of assisting a law enforcement officer in the performance of his or her official enforcement duties.
(Neb. RS 28-1008)
(B) Enforcement powers; immunity.
(1) A law enforcement officer who has reason to believe that an animal has been abandoned or is being cruelly neglected or cruelly mistreated may seek a warrant authorizing entry upon private property to inspect, care for, or impound the animal.
(2) It shall be the duty of a law enforcement officer who has reason to believe that an animal has been abandoned or is being cruelly neglected or cruelly mistreated to make prompt investigation of such violation. A law enforcement officer may, in lieu of making an arrest, issue a citation to the owner or custodian as prescribed in Neb. RS 29-422 to 29-429.
(3) Any law enforcement officer acting under this section shall not be liable for damage to property if such damage is not the result of the officer’s negligence.
(Neb. RS 28-1012)
(C) Violation.
(1) A person who intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly abandons, cruelly neglects, or cruelly mistreats an animal is guilty of an offense.
(2) A person commits harassment of a police animal if he or she knowingly and intentionally teases or harasses a police animal in order to distract, agitate, or harm the police animal for the purpose of preventing such animal from performing its legitimate official duties.
(Neb. RS 28-1009) Penalty, see § 93.99
Statutory reference:
Authority to prohibit cruelty to animals, see Neb. RS 17-138
Serious illness or injury to animal; death of animal; felony, see Neb. RS 28-1008 and 28-1009
Exemptions, see Neb. RS 28-1013
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