It is unlawful for any person to:

A. Willfully or maliciously kill, maim, disfigure, torture, beat with any object, mutilate, burn or scald with any substance, or otherwise cruelly set upon any animals; except that reasonable force may be employed to drive off dangerous animals;

B. Drive or work any animal cruelly or cruelly work any maimed, mutilated, infirm, sick or disabled animal, or cause, allow or permit the same to be done;

C. Have, keep or harbor any animal which is infected with any dangerous or incurable and/or painfully crippling condition except as hereinafter provided. The municipal court judge may order a person convicted of a violation of this subsection to turn the animal involved over to a designated humane society or animal shelter. All such animals taken by the designated agency may be destroyed humanely as soon thereafter as is conveniently possible. This section shall not be construed to include veterinary hospitals or animals under active veterinary care;

D. Sell or offer for sale, barter, give away, or use as an advertising device or promotional display, living baby chicks, rabbits, ducklings or other fowl, except pigeons, under two months of age in any quantity less than twelve (12); or to sell, offer for sale, barter, give away, or display animals or fowls as specified in this section, which have been dyed, colored or otherwise treated so as to impart to them an artificial or unnatural color; provided, however, that this section shall not be construed to prohibit the sale of animals or fowls as specified in this subsection; in proper facilities, by hatcheries or persons engaged in raising and selling such animals and fowls for recognized animal husbandry purposes;

E. Promote, state, hold, manage or in any way conduct any game, exhibition, contest or fight in which one or more animals are engaged for the purposes of injuring, killing, maiming or destroying themselves or any other animals;

F. Neglect or refuse to supply such animal with necessary and adequate care, food, drink, air, light, space, shelter or protection from the elements as necessary for health and well-being of such kind of animal;

G. Use, place, set out or deploy any above-ground animal trap that will damage or injure any animal when caught by the device or trap.

H. Use or facilitate combat between animal or between animals and humans. (Ord. G-1011 § 1 (part), 2007: Ord. G-1001 § 1 (part), 2007)