(A) In accordance with G.S. §§ 14-360 and 14-361, no person may willfully subject any animal to cruel treatment, including but not limited to the following: overdrive, overload, wound, injure, torture, cruelly beat, needlessly mutilate or kill any animal, deprive any animal of adequate food, water, shelter or veterinary care, or cause or procure the same.
(B) In accordance with G.S. §§ 14-362 and 14-362.1, no person may conduct, promote, attend, or otherwise participate in animal fighting or cock fighting.
(C) No person may possess any paraphernalia for the purposes of dog, cock, or other animal fighting, including but not limited to gaffs.
(D) In accordance with G.S. § 14-363.1, no person may sell or offer for sale, barter, or give away within the town, baby chickens, baby ducklings, or other fowl or rabbits under eight weeks of age as pets, toys, premiums, or novelties.
(E) No person may color, dye, stain, to otherwise change the natural color of baby chickens or other fowl or rabbits.
(F) No person may tether any fowl.
(G) No person may restrain any animal except in a humane fashion. If an unattended animal is restrained by a chain, leash, or similar restraint, it shall be designed and placed to prevent choking and strangulation. Such restraint shall be not less than 15 feet in length and either on a swivel or on a chain run, and located in such a fashion to prevent entanglement with obstacles.
(H) No person may use for the purpose of trapping animals, any type of steel jaw trap (except commercially available mice and rat traps). A STEEL JAW TRAP is defined as any spring-powered device designed to capture or hold an animal by exerting a lateral force with fix-mounted jaws on the leg, paw, or any other part of an animal’s body.
(I) No person may entice or lure any animal out of an enclosure or off the property of its owner or keeper, or seize, molest or tease any animal while the animal is held or controlled by its owner or keeper or while the animal is on or off the property of its owner or keeper.
(J) In accordance with G.S. § 14-363, no person may carry or cause to be carried in or upon any vehicle or other conveyance, any animal in a cruel or inhumane manner.
(K) No person may transport without adequate ventilation an animal in the closed trunk of a vehicle, or closed compartment on a vehicle or trailer when the ambient temperature outside the vehicle or trailer is greater than or equal to 70°F.
(L) No person may commit any of those acts made unlawful under the provisions of G.S. §§ 14-362 and 14-362.1, or commit any other act made unlawful by any other law of the state relating to animal fighting or animal baiting.
(M) In accordance with G.S. § 14-361.1, no person may abandon or forsake any animal within the town.
(Prior Code, § 3-25) Penalty, see § 90.999