It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully kill, maim,
inhumanely trap, or disfigure any domestic animal or administer any
poison to any domestic animals or expose any poisonous substance with
the intent that it be devoured by any domestic animal, unless otherwise
permitted by law.
It shall be unlawful for:
A. Any person to knowingly and intentionally mistreat, torture or torment
an animal with the intent to cause death, injury or undue suffering;
to cruelly overwork, override, beat, injure, mutilate or otherwise
abuse any animal; to carry an animal in a cruel or inhumane manner;
or having the right and authority, to kill any animal in any way except
in a humane manner.
B. Any person to frighten, scare or torment any animal in an enclosure
or on the street by air guns, firecrackers, noisemakers, gestures,
motorized vehicles, or other loud noises with the intent to torment
the animal.
C. Any owner to: fail to provide an animal with sufficient quantities
of proper food, water, shelter and protection from the weather; neglect
an animal; abandon an animal; or fail to provide appropriate veterinary
care or sanitary living conditions for an animal.
D. Any person to cause or encourage a dogfight, cockfight, bullfight,
or any other form of combat between animals or between animals and
humans; to own, keep, possess or train any bird, fowl, dog or other
animal with the intent of engaging or using the animal in an exhibition
of fighting; or to permit the same to occur on the premises under
his charge or control. Animals so kept, possessed, owned or trained
may be subject to forfeiture.
E. A person to knowingly be present at any place where an exhibition
of animal fighting is occurring for amusement or gain.
F. Any person other than a licensed veterinarian to crop an animal's
ear or dock an animal's tail.
G. A person to leave any animal in an unattended vehicle without adequate
ventilation or in such a manner as to subject the animal to extreme
temperatures which adversely affect its health or welfare.
H. A person to utilize a chain, cable or rope to restrain a dog unless
it is (a) placed or attached to avoid entanglement with chains of
other dogs or any other object; and (b) is at least three times the
length of the dog as measured from the tip of its nose to the base
of its tail, allowing the dog convenient and safe access to water
and protection from the elements.
It is unlawful for any person to release animals to be at large,
or fail to close any gate which he or she has opened by which animals
may escape.
It shall be the owner's or lessor's responsibility
to maintain and repair all fences around any animal enclosure, making
certain that the animal can neither open the gate nor jump over or
dig under the fence.
All horse riders and horse-drawn vehicles are required to respect
and follow the traffic ordinances of the Town unless otherwise stated
and except those that by their very nature do not apply.
Any motorist, while operating a vehicle, who collides with a
domestic animal shall stop and immediately report the incident to
either the animal's owner, or in the event the owner cannot be
ascertained and located, to an Animal Control Officer or law enforcement.
In the event a motorist collides with a wild animal, he or she shall
stop and immediately report the incident to the Sublette County Sheriff's
Office or to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.