A. It is unlawful for any person to abandon or turn out at large any sick, diseased or disabled animal.
B. It is unlawful for the owner or handler of an animal rendered worthless to said owner or handler by reason of disease or disability, to allow said animal to continue to live in a diseased or disabled state. Said owner or handler shall dispose of such animal by killing the same in a humane manner, or by contacting the division. Upon such contact, the division may assume responsibility for disposition of the animal, not including livestock, provided that the owner or handler shall pay a fee, which may be required in advance, to the division to pay for the division's reasonable costs of disposing of the animal. If the owner or handler fails to pay such fee, and fails to dispose of the diseased or disabled animal as required above, such person shall be in violation of this title.
C. It is unlawful for an owner or handler of an animal that is infected with a disease, or is in a painfully crippled condition, to have, keep or harbor such animal without placing the animal under veterinary care or to dispose of such animal as required in subsection B of this section.
(Ord. 2013-44, 10-15-2013)