(A) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly, willfully, or maliciously to:
(1) Deposit any animal with intention of abandoning the same;
(2) Pour on or apply to any animal any drug or other thing which inflicts pain;
(3) Improperly use any collar, leash, harness, or the like, resulting in pain or damage to an animal;
(4) Treat an animal in a cruel or inhumane manner;
(5) Neglect an animal belonging to, or in the custody of, an owner, in a cruel or inhumane manner;
(6) Kill, or attempt to kill, any animal in an inhumane manner; and/or
(7) Poison, or expose to poison, any dog or other animal, except a noxious, non-domesticated, or vicious animal.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to instigate or encourage a fight between animals; or, to encourage one animal to attack, pursue, or annoy another animal, except a noxious non-domesticated animal; or to keep a house, pit, or other place used for fights between animals.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person to negligently:
(1) Fail to provide his or her animals with sufficient wholesome food and water, proper shelter from inclement weather, veterinary care when needed to prevent suffering, and with humane care and treatment;
(2) Beat, cruelly ill-treat, over lead, overwork, or otherwise abuse an animal, or cause or permit any dogfight, cock fight, bullfight, or other combat between animals or between animals and humans; and/or
(3) Abandon such animal.
(D) For any person who, as the operator of a motor vehicle, strikes a domestic animal shall stop at once and render such assistance as may be possible and shall immediately report such injury or death to the animal’s owner. In the event the owner cannot be ascertained and located, such operator shall at once report the accident to the appropriate law enforcement agency or to the local humane society.
(Prior Code, Ch. 3, Art. 1, § 4) Penalty, see § 91.99