705.12 CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.

   (a)   No person shall deprive an animal of necessary sustenance, or impound or confine an animal without supplying it during such confinement with a sufficient quantity of wholesome food and water.

   (b)   No person shall impound or confine an animal without affording it, during such confinement, access to shelter from wind, rain, snow or excessive direct sunlight if it can reasonably be expected that the animal would otherwise become sick or in some other way suffer. For the purpose of this section, "shelter" means a man-made enclosure, windbreak, sunshade or natural windbreak or sunshade that is developed from the earth's contour, tree development or vegetation.

   (c)   No person shall carry or convey an animal in a cruel or inhuman manner.

   (d)   No owner, keeper or harborer of a dog, cat or other domestic animal shall abandon such animal.

(Ord. 87-99. Enacted 4-25-88.)