It shall be unlawful for any person to administer, or cause to be administered, poison of any sort whatsoever to any cat, or to neglect, or in any manner to mistreat, injure, maim or destroy except as elsewhere in the ordinance specifically authorized, or in any manner to attempt to mistreat, injure, maim or destroy a cat of another, or to place any poison, poisoned food or poisoned bait where the same is accessible to any cat. This section shall not be interpreted to prohibit an act of a licensed veterinarian in causing a cat’s death in a humane manner with the approval of the owner of the cat.
(1999 Code, § 3-4-16) Penalty, see § 90.999