No person shall cruelly, or needlessly beat, torture, torment, mutilate, kill or willfully deprive necessary sustenance, to any dog or cat, irrespective of whether any such dog or cat is his or her own or that of another person. No person shall impound or confine any dog or cat in any place unprotected from the elements or fail to supply the same with a sufficient quantity of food and water, or abandon to die any maimed, sick or diseased dog or cat or be engaged in or employed at dogfighting, or pitting one dog or cat to fight against another dog or cat or any similar cruelty to any dog or cat, or receive money for the admission of any person, or use, train or possess a dog or cat for the purpose of seizing, detaining or maltreating any other dog or cat.
(WVaC 61-8-19a)
Shelter must protect the dog or cat from the elements of weather provided that, for purposes of this subsection, any animal kept outside shall be provided with structurally sound weatherproof enclosure, large enough to accommodate the animal with adequate room for movement and insulated so as to protect the animal from extreme heat or cold temperatures.
(Ord. 15866. Passed 4-18-23.)