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(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
(A) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BEARBAITING. The pitting of any animal against a bear.
COCK-FIGHTING. The pitting of a fowl against another fowl.
DOG FIGHTING. The pitting of a dog against another dog.
PITTING. Bringing animals together in combat.
(Prior Code, § 6-209)
(B) Prohibited. No person shall knowingly promote, engage in, or be employed at dog fighting, cockfighting, bearbaiting, or pitting an animal against another. Nor shall any person knowingly receive money for the admission of another person to a place kept for such purpose. Nor shall any person knowingly own, use, train, sell, or possess an animal for the purpose of animal pitting. Nor shall any person knowingly permit any act as described in this section to occur on any premises owned or controlled by him or her.
(Prior Code, § 6-210)
(C) Spectators prohibited. No person shall knowingly and willingly be present at and witness as a spectator dog fighting, cockfighting, bearbaiting, or the pitting of an animal against another as prohibited in this section.
(Prior Code, § 6-211)
(Ord. 463, passed 2-5-1991) Penalty, see § 93.99
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. RS 28-1004 and 28-1005
(A) (1) No person shall intentionally trip or cause to fall, or lasso or rope the legs of, any equine by any means for the purpose of entertainment, sport, practice, or contest.
(2) The intentional tripping or causing to fall, or lassoing or roping the legs of, any equine by any means for the purpose of entertainment, sport, practice, or contest shall not be considered a commonly accepted practice occurring in conjunction with sanctioned rodeos, animal racing, or pulling contests.
(Neb. RS 54-911)
(B) (1) No person shall intentionally trip, cause to fall, or drag any bovine by its tail by any means for the purpose of entertainment, sport, practice, or contest.
(2) The intentional tripping, causing to fall, or dragging of any bovine by its tail by any means for the purpose of entertainment, sport, practice, or contest shall not be considered a commonly accepted practice occurring in conjunction with sanctioned rodeos, animal racing, or pulling contests.
(Neb. RS 54-912)
Penalty, see § 93.99
Statutory reference:
Livestock Animal Welfare Act, see Neb. RS 54-907 through 54-912
DOGS
(A) Any owner of a dog over the age of six months within the city shall, within 30 days after acquisition of the dog, acquire a license for the dog annually by or before the May 1 of each year. Licenses shall be issued by the City Clerk upon payment of a license tax in the amount established by the City Council, plus the fee of an amount as set forth in the city’s fee schedule required under Neb. RS 54-603(3). It shall be unlawful for the owner of a dog to wrongfully and knowingly license an unspayed female dog as a male or spayed female dog if the Council has established different license taxes for such dogs.
(B) The tax shall be delinquent from and after May 10. The owner of any dog brought into or harbored within the corporate limits subsequent to May 1 of any year shall be liable for payment of the dog tax, and such tax shall be delinquent if not paid within ten days thereafter. The license shall not be transferable, and no refund will be allowed in case of death, sale, or other disposition of the licensed dog.
(C) The owner shall state, at the time the application is made and upon printed forms provided for such purpose, his or her name and address and the name, breed, color, and sex of each dog owned by him or her. A certificate of rabies vaccination, effective for the ensuing year of the license, shall be presented when application for a license is made, and no license or tag shall be issued until the certificate is shown.
(D) Every service animal shall be licensed as required by this section, but no license tax shall be charged. Upon the retirement or discontinuance of the animal as a service animal, the owner of the animal shall be liable for the payment of the required license tax.
(Neb. RS 54-603)
(E) (1) Upon the payment of the license tax, the Clerk shall issue to the owner of the dog a license certificate and a metallic tag, which shall be valid until April 30 following such licensing. The Clerk shall issue tags of a suitable design that are different in appearance each year.
(2) The metallic tag and the rabies tag shall be properly attached to the collar or harness of the dog. It shall be unlawful for the owner of any dog to permit or allow such dog to wear any licensing identification other than the metallic tag issued by the Clerk.
(3) If a license tag is lost, upon satisfactory evidence that the original tag was issued in accordance with the provisions of this section, the Clerk shall issue a duplicate or new tag for the balance of the year for which the license tax has been paid and shall charge and collect a fee established by the City Council for each duplicate or new tag so issued.
(F) All license taxes, fees, and other collections shall be credited to the General Fund of the city, except as otherwise provided by Neb. RS 54-603.
Penalty, see § 93.99
Statutory reference:
Authority to impose license tax, require rabies certificate, and destroy unlicensed dogs, see Neb. RS
17-526, 54-603, and 71-4412
(A) It shall be the duty of every owner of a dog to securely place upon the neck of the dog a good and sufficient collar with a metallic plate thereon. The plate shall be plainly inscribed with the name of the owner.
(Neb. RS 54-605)
(B) The owner of a dog may use a harness instead of a collar as long as the harness meets all other requirements of division (A) above.
Penalty, see § 93.99
It shall be unlawful for any person to remove, or cause to be removed, the collar, harness, metallic license tag, or rabies tag from any dog without the consent of the owner of the dog.
Penalty, see § 93.99
It shall be unlawful for the owner to allow a dog to injure or destroy any real or personal property of any description belonging to another person. The owner of the dog, in addition to the usual judgment upon conviction, may be made to be liable to the person injured in an amount equal to the value of the damage sustained.
Penalty, see § 93.99
Statutory reference:
Authority to guard against injuries or annoyances, see Neb. RS 17-526
Statutory liability for damages, see Neb. RS 54-601, 56-602, and 54-606
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