§ 6-1. Cruelty enumerated.

No person shall cruelly treat or abuse any animal or bird in the following manner:

(1)

No owner shall fail to provide their animals with sufficient, wholesome and nutritious food, water in sufficient quantities, proper air, shelter space and protection from the weather, veterinary care when needed to prevent suffering, and humane care and treatment.

(2)

No person shall beat, cruelly ill-treat, torment, overload, overwork, or otherwise abuse an animal, or cause, instigate, or permit any dogfight, cockfight, bullfight, or other combat between animals or between animals or humans.

(3)

No owner of an animal shall abandon such animal.

(4)

No person shall crop a dog's ears or dock a dog's tail, except when a licensed veterinarian issues a signed certificate that the operation is necessary for the dog's health and comfort. In no event shall any person, except a licensed veterinarian, perform such an operation.

(5)

Live chickens, ducklings, or rabbits younger than eight weeks of age may not be sold in quantities of fewer than ten to a single purchaser.

(6)

No person shall give away any live animal, fish, reptile, or bird as a prize for, or an inducement to enter, any contest, game, or other competition, as an inducement to enter a place of amusement, or as an incentive to enter into any business agreement whereby the offer was for the purpose of attracting trade.

(7)

Any person who, as the operator of a motor vehicle, strikes a domestic animal shall stop at once and render such assistance as may be possible and shall immediately report such injury or death to the animal's owner; in the event the owner cannot be ascertained and located, such operator shall at once report the accident to the appropriate law enforcement agency.

(Prior Code, §§ 9.131, 9.179; Ord. No. 90-23, 11-5-1990; Ord. No. 91-16, 12-2-1991)

State law reference

Cruelty to animals, MCL 750.50.