§ 14-37. Cruelty.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to be cruel to or to commit a cruel act upon any animal. The term "cruelty" means any act of neglect, torture or torment that causes unjustifiable pain or suffering of an animal. The following acts shall be deemed cruelty to animals; however, this list shall not be construed as excluding other acts which may amount to cruelty:

(1)

Any person who unnecessarily overloads, overdrives, tortures, torments, deprives of necessary sustenance or shelter, or unnecessarily or cruelly beats, mutilates or kills any animal or causes such to be done or carries in or upon any vehicle or otherwise any animal in a cruel or inhumane manner; or

(2)

Any person who impounds or confines any animal in any place and fails to supply that animal, during such confinement, with a sufficient quantity of good and wholesome food and water or who keeps any animal in an enclosure without wholesome exercise, sanitary conditions and change of air; or

(3)

Any person who shall poison, put out or place poison at any point or place outside where dogs or cats may access the poison; or

(4)

Any person who leaves a dog, cat or other animal unattended in a parked vehicle with inadequate or no ventilation; or

(5)

Any person who abandons a dog, cat or other domesticated animal in any public or private place; or

(6)

Any person who uses any animal for fighting, including, but not limited to, dog fighting, cock fighting, or training any animal for fighting.

(b)

Any person using reasonable force in defending his animals, livestock or a human being from attack by another animal shall be exempt from this section.

(Ord. No. 16-29, § 3, 10-11-16)