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.
A.
No person shall leave any animal in a public place without securely
fastening such animal, or allow any animal to be picketed or to graze
along public thoroughfares where it may be a danger or nuisance, or
tie or picket any animal so as to obstruct any sidewalk, street, alley
or access to any public place. This section shall not apply to an
animal engaged in the performance of law enforcement duties or a certified
service animal.
B.
All dogs shall be kept under restraint when off the property of the
owner. However, no owner of any dog shall restrain the dog with a
leash, cord, chain, rope or other device and then secure such leash,
cord, chain, rope or other device to any vehicle, mailbox, post or
other structure adjacent to any roadway, doorway, pathway or sidewalk,
that would allow said dog to interfere with vehicular or pedestrian
traffic along any public roadway, pathway, sidewalk or entrance to
any building frequented by the general public. This section shall
not apply to any service dog accompanying any handicapped person or
a police dog in the performance of law enforcement duties.
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.
A.
SUPPLEMENTAL FEED ATTRACTANTS
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
Any human food, pet food, hay, forage product or supplement,
grain, seed or birdseed, garbage, or other attractant.
B.
No person shall knowingly or intentionally provide supplemental feed
attractants to deer, antelope, or moose, unless specifically authorized
by an agency of either the State of Wyoming or the United States of
America.
C.
A person engaged in any of the following activities is not subject
to liabilities under this section:
