[Ord. No. 13-2060 §1, 11-4-2013]
As used in this Article, the following terms mean:
Normal and prudent attention to the needs of an animal, including
wholesome food, clean water, shelter and health care as necessary
to maintain good health in a specific species of animal.
To reasonably restrain or govern an animal so that the animal
does not injure itself, any person, any other animal, or property.
Every living vertebrate except a human being.
The destruction of an animal accomplished by a method approved
by the American Veterinary Medical Association's Panel on Euthanasia
(AVMA 173; 59-72, 1978); or more recent editions, but animals killed
during the feeding of pet carnivores shall be considered humanely
killed. The killing of animals by the Manchester Police Department
personnel due to emergency situations or in order to humanely treat
a distressed animal shall be considered a humane killing.
In addition to its ordinary meaning, any person who keeps
or harbors an animal or professes to be owning, keeping or harboring
an animal.
Any individual, partnership, firm, joint stock company, corporation,
association, trust, estate, or other legal entity.
[Ord. No. 13-2060 §1, 11-4-2013]
A person commits the violation of animal neglect when he has
custody, ownership or both of an animal and fails to provide adequate
care or adequate control.
[Ord. No. 13-2060 §1, 11-4-2013]
A.Â
A person
is guilty of animal abuse when the person:
1.Â
Intentionally or purposely kills an animal in any manner not
allowed by or expressly exempted from the provisions of Sections 578.005
to 578.023 and 273.030 RSMo.;
2.Â
Intentionally or purposely causes injury or suffering to an
animal; or
3.Â
Having ownership or custody of an animal, knowingly fails to
provide adequate care or control of the animal.
