20.11.05 CRUELTY TO ANIMALS PROHIBITED

It shall be unlawful for any person to: 1. Treat in Cruel and Inhumane Manner: Willfully or maliciously kill, maim, disfigure, burn or scald, overdrive, overload, overwork, torture, cruelly beat, mutilate, carry or transport in any vehicle or other conveyance in a cruel and inhumane manner or cause any of these acts to be done; 2. Abandon: Abandon or turnout at large any animal. Such animal shall, when rendered useless by reason of sickness or other disability, be killed by the owner thereof and its carcass disposed of in such manner as to create no nuisance or hazard to health of the animal; 3. Poison: Administer poison to any animal or to expose any poisonous substance with the intent that it shall be taken by any such animal to cause harm or death. This provision shall not be interpreted so as to prohibit the use of poisonous substances for the control of vermin when applied in such a manner as to reasonably prohibit access to other animals; 4. Fail to Provide Care: Fail to provide any animal in his charge or custody with necessary sustenance, drink and protection from the elements, or cause any of these acts to be done; and 5. Maintain Place of Exhibition: Maintain any place where fowl or other animals are suffered to fight upon exhibition or for sport upon any wager. Any person found to violate this section shall be guilty of a Class C Misdemeanor. Any person found to violate this section, after having been previously convicted of violating this section within the previous five years, shall be guilty of a Class B Misdemeanor.