Section 6-1-6 Inhumane Treatment of Animals
A. It is unlawful for any person(s) to overdrive, overload, overwork, torture, torment, cruelly beat, mutilate or unlawfully kill an animal.
B. It is unlawful for any person(s) to neglect any animal. Persons shall comply with the following minimum requirements:
1. All animals shall receive daily food that is free from contamination and is of sufficient quantity and nutritive value to maintain the animal in good condition.
2. All animals shall have unobstructed access to potable water at all times of day.
3. All animals shall have access to natural or artificial shelter throughout the year. Any such artificial shelter shall be structurally sound and maintained in good repair to protect the animal from injury.
4. All animals shall receive care and medical treatment for debilitating injuries, parasites, and diseases, sufficient to maintain the animal in good health or be humanely euthanized to prevent protracted suffering and pain to the animal.
5. Tie-outs shall be so located that the animal cannot become entangled with other objects. Collars used to attach an animal to a tie out shall not be of a choke type. The tie out shall not weigh more than one-eighth (1/8) of the animal’s weight nor be shorter than four (4) times the animal’s length measuring from the animal’s nose to the end of the tail.
C. It is unlawful for a person to drop off, leave or abandon any animal on a street, road, highway, greenbelt, in a public place or on private property.
D. It is unlawful for any person or persons to willfully and/or maliciously poison any animal with the intent to injure or destroy such animal. This subsection shall not apply to poison designed for the control of mice and vermin.
E. The use of metal animal traps, leg traps or spring loaded traps with jaws of any kind is prohibited within the Town limits as constituting an unreasonable hazard to the general populace and cruelty to domesticated animals. This shall not apply to animal traps designed to capture live animals without injury to the animal, nor shall it apply to traps designed for the control of mice and vermin. [Ordinance #315, 2008; prior code § 6-1-6.]