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The following are unlawful:

(1) To maim, disfigure, torture, beat, mutilate, burn or scald, or otherwise mistreat any animal.

(2) To destroy any domestic animal except in a reasonable and humane manner.

(3) To hobble livestock or other animals in such a way as to cause injury or damage to the animal.

(4) To carry or confine any animal in or upon any vehicle in a cruel or inhumane manner, including but not limited to carrying or confining such animal without adequate ventilation.

(5) For any owner or custodian of an animal to abandon such animal within the City.

(6) To make accessible to any animal, with intent to cause harm or death, any substance which has in any manner been treated or prepared with any harmful or poisonous substance. This provision shall not be interpreted to prohibit the otherwise lawful use of poisonous substances for the control of vermin in furtherance of the public health, when applied in such a manner as to reasonably prohibit access to other animals.

(Rep&ReEn 1987-44)