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§ 91.01 ANIMALS AND FOWLS.
   To provide for the health, safety and general welfare of the residents of the municipality, no horse, mule, cow, calf, sheep, goat, swine, fowl or rabbit shall be kept or maintained. For other animals or rodents kept or maintained as pets, confinement and space limitations shall be as approved by the governing body.
(Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-526) (Prior Code, § 6-201) Penalty, see § 91.99
§ 91.02 RUNNING AT LARGE; TETHERING.
   (A)   It shall be unlawful for the owner of any cow, hog, horse, mule, sheep, goat, dog, chicken, turkey, goose or other animal except a cat to permit the animal to run at large at any time on any of the public ways and property or the property of another in the village or to be tethered or staked out in such a manner so as to allow the animal to reach or pass into any public way or property or any property of another.
   (B)   The owner of a cat may permit the cat to run at large within the corporate limits subject to any restrictions or prohibitions otherwise imposed by the Board of Trustees.
   (C)   Any animal found running at large or tethered or staked out in violation of this section is a public nuisance and may be impounded or destroyed as provided in this chapter.
   (D)   Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit anyone to own an animal in the corporate limits of the village that is prohibited by the Board of Trustees.
Penalty, see § 91.99
Statutory reference:
   Authority to regulate, see Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 17-526 and 17-547
   Fine for permitting collarless dog to run at large, see Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-607
§ 91.03 KILLING, POISONING AND INJURING.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to kill, administer or cause to be administered poison of any sort to, or in any manner injure, maim or destroy or attempt to injure, maim or destroy any animal, or to place any poison or poisoned food where it is accessible to an animal, except that:
   (A)   This section shall not apply to any law enforcement officer or animal control officer acting within his or her power and duty;
   (B)   This section shall not apply if the animal is vicious, dangerous or showing characteristics of rabies and cannot be captured without danger to the persons attempting to effect a capture of the animal; and
   (C)   Any owner of a dog that he or she wishes to be destroyed may place the dog in an animal pound or shelter or with a licensed veterinarian to be humanely destroyed and disposed of according to the provisions in this chapter or other provisions of law.
Penalty, see § 91.99
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