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As Amended by Ordinance 03-8
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This document has Ordinance 03-8 merged into the applicable sections of Ordinance 00-26
as provided for in Ordinance 03-8.
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SECTION 7. HUMANE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS
- Any PERSON owning, caring for, harboring, or keeping an ANIMAL must treat the
ANIMAL HUMANELY at all times.
- No PERSON shall:
- Breed, own, possess, HARBOR, keep or train any ANIMAL with the intent that such
ANIMAL be engaged in ANIMAL fighting;
- Build, make, maintain, or keep a pit or other area on premises
owned or occupied by him or allow an area to be built, made, maintained, or kept on such
premises, for the purposes of ANIMAL fighting;
- Own, manage, possess, maintain, sell or operate
any facility, staging equipment, concession equipment, HANDLING EQUIPMENT, or exhibition
equipment related to ANIMAL fighting;
- Advertise, for the purpose of ANIMAL fighting;
- Encourage or instigate ANIMAL fighting
in any manner; or (6) Perform any service, with or without pay, in the furtherance
of, or to facilitate, any ANIMAL BAITING or fighting, including refereeing, advertising,
acting as a stakes or security holder of wages or handling ANIMALS intended to be used in
fighting.
- Any ANIMAL that is CONFINED must be provided appropriate care, sufficient quantities of
good and wholesome food and WATER on a daily basis, kept in sanitary conditions, provided with
sufficient room to stand up, turn around, and sit comfortably, proper air ventilation and quality
of air, and protection from the elements and from excessive exposure to fleas, ticks, other
harmful insects or external parasites.
- A deceased ANIMAL may not be disposed of by abandoning,
dumping or burying it on the property of another, either private or public, without the written
consent of the property owner.
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