[R.O. 2016 § 205.340; CC 1994 § 27.530]
A. Any person who shall impound or confine,
or cause to be impounded or confined, in any pound or other place,
any animal, and fails to supply the same during any such confinement
with sufficient food and water, or shall cruelly overwork any domestic
animal or shall cruelly drive or work the same when unfit for work,
or shall unnecessarily fail to provide the same with proper food,
drink, shelter, or protection form the weather, or shall cruelly abandon
the same, or shall carry or cause the same to be carried, moved, or
kept in or upon any vehicle in a cruel or inhumane manner, or shall
fail to provide the same with adequate veterinary care when necessary,
or shall otherwise treat the same in an unnecessary cruel or inhumane
manner, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this Subsection.
B. Any person shall have the power and be
authorized to make recommendations to the Animal Control Officer that
animals be removed from private owners and placed in the custody of
the Animal Control Officer in cases where the health or safety of
the animal is, in the opinion of the Animal Control Officer, in immediate
danger. The Animal Control Officer shall have the power to remove
any such animals, except from houses, without the consent of the owners,
for the protection of the animals, and shall have the right to retain
custody thereof until the threat to their health or safety, in the
opinion of the Animal Control Officer, has been removed. Any expense
incurred in such impoundment becomes a lien on the animal impounded
and must be discharged before the animal is released from custody.
[R.O. 2016 § 205.350; CC 1994 § 27.560]
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to
feed or place so as to constitute a direct or obvious hazard to man
or animal, or offer or tempt any animal with liquid, meat or any food
which shall:
1.
Cause prostration, convulsion, pain
or suffering as a prelude to death;
3.
Be proven toxic or lethal in the
amount present to any man or domestic animal by competent medical
or veterinary authority.
B. This Section does not apply to the poisoning
of rodents or other harmful pests if done in such manner as not to
expose poisonous substances to domestic animals.