It is unlawful for any person willfully and maliciously to pour on, or apply to, an animal, any drug or other thing which inflicts pain on the animal, knowingly to treat an animal in a cruel or inhumane manner, or knowingly to neglect an animal belonging to him, her, or them or in his, her, or their custody in a cruel or inhumane manner.
(Prior Code, § 4-111) Penalty, see § 90.99