(A) Whoever is guilty of cruelty to any animal by overloading, overriding, overworking, cruelly beating, mutilating, or cruelly killing any animal, or causing or knowingly allowing such acts to be done; or cruelly working any old, maimed, infirm, sick or disabled animal, or causing or knowingly allowing such acts to be done; or by unnecessarily failing to provide any animal in his charge or control as owner or otherwise, with proper drink, food or shelter; or abandoning any old, maimed, infirm, sick or disabled animal, or by driving or by causing to be driven, or kept any animal in an unnecessarily or cruel manner shall be guilty of an offense punishable by a fine as provided by this code. ('69 Code, § 4-1)
(B) Any person who shall kill or wound, or attempt to wound by use of firearm, bow and arrow, hunting with stones, or otherwise, any squirrel within the city limits, or shoot an arrow, throw a stone, club or other missile at such squirrel, within any private grounds, or public parks, squares or grounds shall be deemed guilty of an offense punishable by a fine as provided by this code. ('69 Code, § 4-9) Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Humane care of animals, see ILCS Ch. 510, Act 70 § 4
Cruelty to animals, see ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5 § 11-5-6