No person shall willfully administer any poison to any animal or fowl within the City or put out or expose any poisonous substance, in solid or liquid form, where it may be taken, eaten or swallowed by any animal or fowl. This Section shall not apply to rats, mice or insects.
[Ord. No. 20-007A, 10-12-2020]
A. 
Unless authorized by a Webb City official, no person shall use, or permit to be used, any trap, snare or other trapping device for the purpose of collecting, catching, killing or trapping any animal within the City limits.
B. 
The provisions of this Section shall not be applicable to the use of such devices by the City Animal Control Officer or by the City Police in the exercise of their official duties, nor shall it apply to rats, mice or insects.
No person shall kill or in any manner hurt or harm any wild bird or destroy the nest or eggs of any wild bird.
It shall be unlawful for any person to buy, sell or have in his/her possession for the purpose of selling any animal for biological dissecting or any experimental purposes whatsoever.
[Ord. No. 7312 §1, 4-28-2008]
It shall be unlawful for any person to possess, sell, offer for sale, display, barter or give away within the City any rabbits, chicks, ducklings or fowl as pets or novelties when they have been dyed, colored or otherwise artificially treated; provided that this Section shall not be construed to prohibit the possession, sale or display of rabbits, chicks, ducklings or other fowl in proper facilities by dealers, hatcheries or stores engaged in the business of selling the same for food purposes.
No person owning, controlling, riding or driving any horse, mule or team of horses or mules or other animals shall leave such animal or team unhitched and unattended upon any of the public streets of the City.
No person shall permit any animal to run at large upon the streets, public places or public commons within the City or upon the private property of another person to the damage or annoyance of such other person.
The Joplin Humane Society and/or such other place or places as may be designated by the City Council are hereby designated as the City Pound for the purpose of implementing various provisions of this Chapter. The City Poundmaster, if appointed, or the entity operating such place or places designated as the City Pound shall present a proper claim to the City Council for each necessary expense which may be incurred and such claims shall be audited by the City Clerk, allowed by the City and paid by the City Treasurer.
A. 
Animals and fowl found running at large contrary to the provisions of this Chapter shall be taken up by the Animal Control Officer or City Police and impounded in the shelter designated by the City as the City Pound and therein confined in a humane manner for a period of not less than seven (7) days and may thereafter be disposed of by sale or in another humane manner if not claimed by their owners. Animals and fowl not claimed by their owners before the expiration of seven (7) days shall become the property of the City and may be disposed of thereafter at the discretion of such authority.
B. 
When an animal or fowl is found running at large and its ownership is known to the Animal Control Officer or Police Department, it need not be held, but the Animal Control Officer or Police may, in their discretion, cite the owner to appear in Municipal Court to answer to charges of violation of this Chapter.
C. 
Immediately upon impounding any animal or fowl, the Animal Control Officer or Police shall make reasonable effort to notify and inform its owner of the conditions whereby he/she may regain custody of his/her impounded property.
Any animal that has bitten or scratched any person within the City limits shall be quarantined either voluntarily or involuntarily for a period not less than ten (10) days upon the premises of a qualified veterinary facility, the Joplin Humane Society or the City Pound. The cost of the quarantine shall be the same as for any other impoundment and shall be paid by the owner of the animal. If the animal is not claimed by its owner within seven (7) days after notification upon completion of such quarantine period, the animal shall be treated as if impounded as a stray animal.
[Ord. No. 22-021, 12-12-2022]
Any animal may be redeemed from the Joplin Humane Society by the owner within ten (10) days after its impoundment and until otherwise disposed of by the Joplin Humane Society by payment to the City Clerk of an impounding fee of sixty-three dollars seven cents ($63.07), plus the daily care fee of nine dollars ten cents ($9.10) per day during the period of confinement.
It shall be unlawful for any person to release or attempt to release any animal or fowl which may be impounded within the City Pound or which is in the custody of any officer while being taken to the Pound, except in conformity with the provisions of this Chapter.
A. 
No person shall torture, torment, beat, not deprive of necessary food, water, shelter, medical care, preventive care, nor cause or attempt to cause physical injury, kill or overdrive any animal, or work such animal when such animal is lame, galled or otherwise unfit for labor, or cruelly abandon such animal to die of starvation, dehydration, diseases, parasites or any other health threat.
B. 
No person shall confine any living creature and willfully fail, neglect or refuse to supply it during such confinement with a sufficient quantity and quality of food, water, shelter, medical care or preventive care.
C. 
No person shall purposely cause or train animals to fight in this City.
The Animal Control Officer or any Police Officer that feels that an animal is in need of imminent care may at such time, collect said animal for impoundment and disposition of said animal after a mandatory court appearance.
It shall be unlawful and abusive for any person, firm, corporation or entity to keep, harbor, own, sell or attempt to sell any wild or exotic animal species including, but not limited to, tigers, panthers, bobcats, cheetahs, leopards, maintain lions, bears, alligators, crocodiles, primates and all other animals deemed to be "exotic" by the Animal Control Officer, Police Officer or any entity acting on behalf of those authorities.