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Section 4-29 Humane treatment and cruelty to animals.
(a) All animals shall at all times be furnished with adequate food, water, shelter, and protection from the elements. It shall be unlawful for any person to treat any animal in a cruel manner, to abandon any animal, or to release any animal upon public or private property with the intention or appearance of abandoning it. (b) It shall further be unlawful for any person willfully and cruelly to injure or kill any animal by any mode or means causing it unnecessary fright or pain, and it shall further be unlawful for any person, by neglect or otherwise, to cause or allow any animal to endure pain, suffering or injury or to fail or neglect to aid or attempt alleviation of any pain, suffering or injury so caused to any animal. Acts violating this section shall include, but are not limited to the following: (1) Failure to provide adequate shelter from inclement weather; (2) Failure to provide animals food for a period of more than twenty-four (24) hours or water for more than eighteen (18) hours; (3) Abandoning or the appearance of abandonment of any animal on private or public property; (4) Failure on the part of the driver of a motor vehicle to stop or to call the police or other agencies for assistance after striking or injuring an animal by the motor vehicle; (5) Leaving or exposing any poisonous substance, food or drink, for man, animal or fowl, or to aid or abet any person in so doing, except insect or rodent poison when used for the control of insects, mice or rodents. (Ord. of 3-12-90(2), 1; Ord. of 3-23-98, I)
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