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4.335 Animal Abuse.
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(1) Animal abuse in the second degree. A person commits the offense of animal abuse in the second degree if, except as otherwise authorized by law or as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the person causes physical injury to an animal.

(2) Animal abuse in the first degree. A person commits the offense of animal abuse in the first degree if, except as otherwise authorized by law, the person:

(a) Causes physical injury to a service animal; or

(b) Causes serious physical injury to an animal; or

(c) Cruelly causes the death of an animal.

(3) Any practice of good animal husbandry is not a violation of this section.

(Section 4.335 added by Ordinance No. 19461, enacted April 13, 1987; amended by Ordinance No. 19505, enacted October 12, 1987; Ordinance No. 19587, enacted December 12, 1988; and Ordinance No. 20477, enacted June 27, 2011, effective July 30, 2011.)