(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to neglect to provide any animal in his or her charge or custody with proper food, drink, necessary shade or shelter, or to carry any animal in or upon any vehicle or trailer in a cruel or inhumane manner, or to keep any animal under unsanitary or unhealthy conditions; an animal carried in the bed of a truck must be crated or restrained so it cannot fall or jump from the truck or be strangled.
(B) Penalty of $200 to $500 shall be imposed upon the owner or keeper for abandonment and/or abuse, and the animal(s) shall be impounded.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully or maliciously kill or maim any animal except that reasonable force may be employed to drive off vicious or trespassing animals.
(D) It is unlawful to poison a domestic animal or to distribute poison or toxicants in any manner with the intent of poisoning a domestic animal. Prosecutions of this section shall carry a fine of $300 to $1,000 for each offense and each animal.
(E) No person shall promote, stage, hold, manage, conduct, carry on, train for or attend a game, exhibition, contest or fight in which 1 or more animals are injuring, killing, maiming or destroying themselves or other animals. Any incident will incur a $500 to $1,000 fine.
(F) No person shall provoke, entice, or intentionally release an animal from the property of its owner for the purpose of engaging the animal in a fight or to attack a person or another animal. Any incident will incur a fine of $500 to $1,000, plus any applicable medical fees.
(G) It shall be unlawful for any person owning or maintaining any place for public accommodation, public entertainment or amusement, a restaurant, or who operates a public transportation facility to exclude therefrom any dog which has been trained to assist the physically impaired, provided that the dog be in the company of the physically impaired person whom it was trained to assist.
(H) Abandonment does not apply to the trap, neuter and return (TNR) of feral cats. A person or organization managing unowned cats by trap, neuter and return are not deemed the owner, harborer, keeper, holder or possessor of such cats.
(Ord. passed 6-23-1997; Am. Ord. 2022-02, passed 3-2-2022)
Penalty, see § 90.999