Animal cruelty is prohibited. Examples of animal cruelty include, but are not limited to, the following:
(A) Allowing a collar, rope, or chain to become embedded in, or cause injury to, an animal’s neck;
(B) Allowing a choke, or pinch, collar to be used as a primary collar when the animal is left unsupervised;
(C) Allowing a dog, or cat, to be left outside in inclement weather, or extreme temperatures, without adequate shelter;
(D) Intentionally allowing animals to engage in a fight;
(E) Allowing animals to live in unsanitary conditions;
(F) Allowing animals to live in crowded conditions;
(G) Failure, or refusal, to obtain medical treatment for an animal when, in an Animal Control Officer’s opinion, such treatment is needed;
(H) Trapping a dog, or cat, without the use of a recognized humane live animal trap;
(I) Permitting any exhibit, function, or activity where animals are being cruelly treated, or animals run the risk of causing injury to the public or themselves. The Town Animal Control Officer shall have the authority to inspect, and to close down, public exhibits of animals which are part of fairs, carnivals, festivals, fund raising events, petting zoos, and any other activity, or function, carried out in the corporate limits of the town if it is determined that animals are being cruelly treated, abused, or run the risk of causing injury to the public, or themselves;
(J) Animals being confined to, or restrained on, the premises of a vacant, or abandoned, structure;
(K) Failure to provide adequate drainage to prevent surface water from standing in the area of the pen, or enclosure, where the animal is kept. It shall be within the discretion of the Town Animal Control Officer as to what constitutes adequate drainage; and
(L) Failure, or refusal, to report injured domestic animals.