[Ord. No. 614 §§1 — 5, 8-16-1993]
A. 
For purposes of this Article, the following terms shall mean:
ACTS AND FACILITIES TO WHICH THIS ARTICLE DOES NOT APPLY
Those acts and facilities mentioned in Section 578.007, RSMo.
ADEQUATE CARE
Normal and prudent attention to the needs of an animal including wholesome food, clean water, shelter and health care as necessary to maintain good health in a specific species of animal.
ADEQUATE CONTROL
To reasonably restrain or govern an animal so that the animal does not injure itself, any person, any other animal or property.
ANIMAL
Every living vertebrate except a human being.
HARBOR
To feed or to shelter an animal at the same location for three (3) or more consecutive days.
OWNER
In addition to its ordinary meaning, any person who keeps or harbors an animal or professes to be owning, keeping or harboring an animal.
PERSON
Any individual, partnership, firm, joint stock company, corporation, association, trust, estate, or other legal entity.
B. 
A person is guilty of animal neglect when he/she has custody or ownership or both of an animal and fails to provide adequate care or adequate control.
C. 
A person is guilty of animal abuse when a person:
1. 
Intentionally or purposely kills an animal in any manner not allowed by or expressly exempted by the terms of this Article.
2. 
Purposely or intentionally or recklessly causes injury, suffering or pain to an animal.
3. 
Abandons an animal in any place without making provision for its adequate care.
4. 
Overworks or overloads an animal or drives or works an animal unfit to work.
5. 
Having ownership or custody of an animal willfully fails to provide adequate care or adequate control.
D. 
The parent or guardian of a minor child is responsible for the adequate care of any animal owned by, in the control of, or harbored by that minor child.
E. 
Any person found guilty of violating the terms of this Article shall be guilty of an ordinance violation punishable by a fine of up to five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment for a term not in excess of thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.