(A) This section applies to the care of animals.
(1) No owner shall recklessly fail to provide animals with sufficient good and wholesome food and water. Food must be appropriate for the species.
(2) No owner shall recklessly fail to provide animals with proper shelter.
(3) (a) No owner shall leave an animal outside and expose to the elements for any amount of time that said exposure would become dangerous to the animal's health, without providing for the animal proper shelter.
(b) Proper shelter shall mean a structure of at least three sides and a roof within which an animal can seek refuge from the sun, wind, and precipitation, which shelter is located on dry ground that is mud free and which shelter is maintained in a sanitary condition to prevent odor and health problems for the animal.
(4) (a) No person shall recklessly fail to provide veterinary care for animals. As used in this section, VETERINARY CARE means proper grooming, medical treatment, and vaccinations against rabies.
(b) Tail docking, ear cropping, or spay/neutering, when done by an individual who is not a licensed veterinarian, is a violation of this section.
(5) No person shall recklessly beat, cruelly ill-treat, torment, overload, overwork, or otherwise abuse any animal.
(6) No owner shall abandon any animal.
(7) Animal shall be kept in a clean, sanitary and healthy manner and is not confined so as to be forced to stand, sit or lie in its own excrement; the person(s) responsible for animal(s) shall regularly and as often as necessary to prevent odor or health and sanitation problems, maintain all animal areas or areas of animal contact.
(8) It shall be unlawful for a person to incite, train to fight (other than a crime prevention dog) or set any animal to fighting another animal or to incite combat between animals and humans in the city.
(a) No person (s) shall build, make, maintain, possess animal fighting paraphernalia, or keep a fighting pit on his or her premises.
(b) No person shall in any manner encourage, instigate, promote or assist in an exhibition of animal fighting or intentional combat between animals.
(c) No person shall charge admission, be an assistant, participant or be present to any exhibition of an animal fight or combat.
(9) No person shall violate the provisions of I.C. 35-46-3. Violations of that chapter shall be prosecuted in accordance with the provisions of state law as contained therein.
(B) If a person is found guilty of this division the fine shall be not less than $100 for the first offense, $200 for the second offense, and $300 for the third offense.
(Ord. 7-2014, passed 4-1-2014)