(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) hereof, no person shall maliciously, or willfully, and without the consent of the owner, kill or injure any dog, cat or other animal that is the property of another. This section does not apply to a licensed veterinarian, Animal Warden or any law enforcement officer, while acting in an official capacity.
(b) A dog that is chasing, menacing or injuring any person or domestic farm animal, the property of another, can be killed at that time, except when necessary to comply with the requirements of a rabies quarantine period.
(c) Whoever violates this section, if the value of the animal killed or the injury done amounts to less than three hundred dollars ($300.00), is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree; if the value of the animal killed or the injury done amounts to three hundred dollars ($300.00) or more, such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(Ord. 88-360. Adopted 7-7-88; Ord. 2012-285. Adopted 8-27-12.)