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(A) Any person owning, keeping, or having possession of any animal, who allows the animal to damage, destroy, mutilate, ravage, or deface (not including a violation of § 6-3-11) any property or animal, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon proper complaint and conviction, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
(B) Upon the conviction of a violation of this section, the court may, following a hearing in which evidence must be produced to show that the individual has repeatedly kept animals which have viciously attacked other animals or livestock, forthwith revoke the owner’s privilege to own any animal within the town limits.
(C) Any individual who owns an animal after having their privilege to do so revoked, will be guilty of a misdemeanor. Further, following a conviction of a violation of this section, if it appears to the court that the animal is still living, the court may, in addition to punishment of the owner, order the animal control officer to forthwith cause such animal or dog to be humanely destroyed.
(Prior Code, § 6-3-12) (Ord. 352, passed 10-4-2007) Penalty, see § 6-3-18
It is unlawful for any person, other than a law enforcement officer actively engaged in the performance of their duty, to hunt, shoot, or kill by any means any wildlife or other animal within the jurisdictional limits of the town. This section does not limit a person’s right to reasonable protection of himself, herself, or another from a possible animal attack.
(Prior Code, § 6-3-13) (Ord. 352, passed 10-4-2007; Ord. 2024-01, passed 4-4-2024) Penalty, see § 6-3-18
Any person, other than a law enforcement officer actively engaged in the performance of his or her duty, who kills or causes to be killed, any animal which has been registered and licensed as provided by this title, without the consent of the owner or possessor thereof, or deprives a registered animal of its collar, or puts a registered tag on the collar of any animal not registered, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Prior Code, § 6-3-14) (Ord. 352, passed 10-4-2007; Ord. 2024-01, passed 4-4-2024) Penalty, see § 6-3-18
No animal abandoned and in the custody of the animal control shelter shall be released, used, sold, or otherwise donated for research purposes.
(Prior Code, § 6-3-15) (Ord. 352, passed 10-4-2007) Penalty, see § 6-3-18
Any person who injures an animal as a result of an accident with a motor vehicle shall stop and render assistance to the animal as may be necessary and shall further immediately report such accident and injury to the animal to the police. Failure to stop and render assistance and to immediately call the police is a misdemeanor.
(Prior Code, § 6-3-16) (Ord. 352, passed 10-4-2007) Penalty, see § 6-3-18
Unless specific penalties are provided in the section, any person found guilty of a violation of this chapter shall be subject to the penalties imposed by the general penalty provisions contained in § 1-4-1. The same shall apply for each separate day of a violation hereof.
(Prior Code, § 6-3-18) (Ord. 352, passed 10-4-2007; Ord. 2024-01, passed 4-4-2024)
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