§ 6-7. Cruelty, teasing and tormenting animals.

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(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to deliberately starve, torture, beat or ill-treat any dog, cat or any other animal. Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an infraction and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in accordance with section 6-10

(b)

It shall be unlawful for any person to annoy or tease persistently any dog, cat or any other animal thereby causing such animal to become irritated and vicious. No person who is attacked or bitten by any dog, cat or any other animal shown or proven to have been so teased or annoyed by such person, not anyone have a derivative claim by reason of any injury to such person, will have any right of action to recover damages from the owner or keeper of such a person, will have any right of action to recover damages from the owner or keeper if such an animal.

(c)

It shall be unlawful to fail to feed adequately or to feed any dog, cat or any other animal unsuitable or unhealthy food, or to provide such animal with stagnant or unclean water to drink and which is likely to produce disease in the animal.

(Ord. No. 2010-16, § 7, 7-6-2010)

                    
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