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(b) This section shall not be interpreted to restrict any animal from being offered for sale at
<br />auction, provided that such sale does not otherwise violate any other section of this Ordinance.
<br />See. 6.009. Inhumane Treatment of Animals.
<br />(a) An Animal Control Officer, or a licensed peace officer, shall utilize the authority granted by
<br />federal, state and local laws to lawfully seize and impound any animal if the investigating
<br />Animal Control Officer or police officer has reason to believe that an animal has been. or is
<br />being cruelly treated, pending a hearing before any Justice of the Peace or any Municipal Court
<br />Judge on the issues of cruelty and disposition of the animal. Seizure of the subject animal prior to
<br />receiving a warrant is hereby authorized if a delay in seizure might endanger the life or well-
<br />being of the animal, or if it would unreasonably prolong the suffering of the animal needing
<br />immediate attention.
<br />(b) Animals shall be cared for, treated. maintained, and transported in a humane manner and not
<br />in violation of any provision of law, including federal, state, and local laws, ordinances, and
<br />administrative rules.
<br />_(c) In addition, a person commits an offense if:
<br />(1) A person. other than a licensed veterinarian, docks an animal's tail or removes dew
<br />claws of a puppy over five (5) days of age, or crops an animal's ears of any age;
<br />(2) A person physically removes from its mother by sg, giving away, delivering,
<br />trading. or bartering any dog. cat, ferret, or rabbit less than six (6) weeks old or any other
<br />animal that is not vet weaned, except as advised by a licensed veterinarian,
<br />(3) A person dves or colors chicks. ducks or rabbits;
<br />(4) Aperson sells, gives away, delivers, trades or barters chickens, ducks, or rabbits
<br />within two (2) weeks prior to Christmas or Easter,
<br />(5) A person abandons or dumps any animal, or leaves an animal in a dwelling that has
<br />had no running water or electricity for a period of 24 hours or more;
<br />(6) A person overdrives, overloads, drives when overloaded or overworks any animal;
<br />(7) A person tortures, cruelly beats, mutilates, clubs, shoots or attempts to shoot with any
<br />air rifle, bow and arrow, slingshot, or firearm, or by any other means needlessly kills or
<br />injures any animal, wild or owned, within the city limits;
<br />(8) A person forces, allows, or permits any animal to remain in its own filth;
<br />(9) A person keeps.. shelters or harbors any animal having a potentially life-threatening
<br />infestation of ticks, fleas, or other parasites, any other obvious life threatening illness, or
<br />injury, or any other communicable illness transmissible to animal or human without
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