Ordinance 2091-95 - Laserfiche WebLink

of shelter if reasonable arrangements for the care of the animal were not made by the person abandoning the animal; 2. Fail to provide an animal with sufficient good and wholesome food and a constant source of clear potable water, proper shelter and protection from the weather, veterinary care when needed to prevent suffering, and with humane care and treatment; 3. Leave an animal unattended for more than twenty-four consecutive hours; 4. Beat, cruelly 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 and humans. Anyone who permits such conduct on premises under his control, and any person present as a spectator at such exhibition, shall also be deemed a violator of this subsection and subject to punishment thereof; 5. Give away any live animal as a prize for, or as an inducement to enter, any contest, game, or other competition, or as an inducement to enter a place of amusement; or offer such vertebrates as an incentive to enter any business agreement whereby the offer was for the purpose of attracting trade; 6. Fail, as the operator of a motor vehicle which strikes a domestic animal, to stop at once and render such assistance as may be possible and fail to immediately report such injury or death to the animal's owner; in the event that the owner cannot be ascertained and located, such operator shall at once report the accident to the Everett animal control or the Everett police department; 7. Lay out or expose any kind of poison or leave exposed any poisoned food or drink for animals, or any substance or fluid whatever, whereon or wherein there is or shall be deposited or mingled, any kind of poison or poisonous or deadly substance or fluid whatsoever, on the premises of another, or in any unenclosed place, or to aid or abet any person in so doing. Exception: This does not apply to state-licensed pest control operators performing this within the scope of employment; 8. Permit an animal exhibition or circus to perform in which animals are induced or encouraged to perform through the use of chemical, mechanical, electrical, or manual devices in a manner which will cause, or is likely to cause, physical injury or suffering; 9. Confine, without adequate ventilation, any animal in any box, container or vehicle; 10. Confine an animal within or on a motor vehicle at any location under such conditions as may endanger the health or well-being of the animal, including but not limited to extreme temperatures, lack of food, water or attention, or confinement with a dangerous animal. Any animal control or peace officer is authorized to remove any animal from a motor vehicle, at any location, when he/she reasonably believes it is confined in such conditions as described above. Any animal so removed shall be delivered to the animal control shelter after the removing officer leaves written notice of such removal and delivery, 5