A. No owner shall fail to provide his animals with sufficient wholesome food and water, proper shelter and protection from the weather, veterinary care when needed to prevent suffering, and with humane care and treatment.
B. No person shall beat, torment, overload, overwork or otherwise abuse an animal.
C. No person shall own, keep, harbor or otherwise maintain within the city any breeds of fowl that are or will be used in the pursuit of and staging of cockfighting on any premises.
D. No person shall promote, stage, hold, manage, conduct or carry on any animal fight or any other type of contest, game of fight of a similar nature, nor any simulated version of same that involves baiting or inciting an animal toward intent to fight.
E. No person shall hold a greased pig contest.
F. No person shall be permitted to keep animals in violation of the "Illinois humane care for animal act" or the "Illinois animal welfare act" 1 .
G. No owner may abandon any animal where it may become a public charge or may suffer injury, hunger or exposure.
H. Each owner shall provide for each of his animals a sufficient quantity of good quality, wholesome food and water; adequate shelter and protection from the weather; veterinary care when needed to prevent suffering; and humane care, treatment and attention so as not to cause undue discomfort or suffering for such animal. If the owner cannot be located after a reasonable search, or if the owner shall be known to be absent due to injury, illness, incarceration or other involuntary circumstances, it shall be the duty of the enforcement officers of the city to act upon the complaint as directed by the Illinois humane care for animals act.
I. No person shall give away or use any live animal as a prize for or an inducement to enter any contest, game or other competition or as an inducement to enter a place of amusement or offer such animal as an incentive to enter any business agreement whereby the offer was for the purpose of attracting trade.
J. No person shall bring or cause to have brought into the city, sell, offer for sale, barter or display living baby chicks, ducklings or other fowl or rabbits which have been dyed, colored or otherwise treated so as to impart to them an artificial color, or give such animals away as pets or sell, offer for sale, barter or give away at no cost or as novelties or prizes.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit legitimate commerce and poultry for agricultural or food purposes.
K. No person shall knowingly poison or cause to be poisoned any domestic animal. The only exception will be a written permit from the Illinois department of agriculture for the purpose of controlling diseases transmissible to humans or other animals and only when all other methods and means have been exhausted. Such a permit shall name a person or persons conducting the poisoning, specify the products used, give the boundaries of the area involved and specify the precautionary measures to be employed to ensure the safety of humans and other animals. Any drugs used for euthanasia shall be by or under the direction of a licensed veterinarian.
M. No person shall keep or permit to be kept or displayed for exhibition purposes any wild animal contrary to Federal or State regulations.
N. No person shall expose any known poisonous substance, whether mixed with food or not, so that the same shall be liable to be eaten by any animal, provided that it shall not be unlawful for a person to expose on his own property common rat poison mixed only with vegetable substances.
O. No person shall leave any animal unattended in a motor vehicle or enclosed trailer when the outside temperature shall exceed thirty degrees Celsius (30°C) (86°F) or contain any animal in such a manner that said animal does not have proper air circulation while confined in a motor vehicle, trailer, kennel, doghouse or any type of container or structure in which an animal may be confined.
P. No person shall own any animal which is known to be infected with any disease transmissible to other animals or humans including severe parasitism, unless such animal shall be confined in such a manner as not to expose other animals or humans.
Q. Any animal which is on any public way or public place which appears to be injured or severely diseased and for which care is not being provided on the scene by the owner or any injured or severely diseased animal that has strayed onto private premises shall be removed, if possible, to the care of the nearest humane society, veterinarian or veterinary hospital willing to accept same without guarantee of payment. If no such facility is willing to accept said animal, then said animal shall be removed to the Animal Control Center. If immediate removal shall not appear practical or possible or if the removed animal is in critical condition such animal may be deprived of life by the most humane method available on the scene unless the owner shall come forward beforehand and assume responsibility for the immediate removal and care.
R. Any person who, as the operator of a vehicle, strikes an animal, shall stop at once and render such assistance as may be possible; or shall immediately report such injury to the animal owner, if known; or the Police Department serving the City; or to the local humane society.
S. Any person having a dead animal within his possession or control or upon any premises owned or occupied by such person without the proper permit shall dispose of the dead animal in compliance with the Illinois Dead Animal Disposal Act 5 .
T. Every person in possession or control of any stable or place open for public use where any animals are kept, shall maintain the stable or place at all times in a clean, sanitary condition and conform to the Illinois Fire Prevention Regulations. (Ord. 0-77-26, 10-17-1977)
Notes
| 1 | 1. 510 ILCS 70/1 et seq.; 225 ILCS 605/1 et seq. |
| 2 | 1. Migratory Bird Treaty Act, 16 USC 703-711; title 50 Code of Federal Regulations, parts 10, 20 and 12; Eagle Act, 16 USC 668-668C; title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, part 22; Endangered Species Act, 16 USC 1531-1543; title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, part 17. |
| 3 | 2. 520 ILCS 10/1-10/10. |
| 4 | 1. 520 ILCS 5/1.1 et seq. |
| 5 | 1. 225 ILCS 610/1–610/19. |