The following shall be considered acts of cruelty:
A.
To impound or confine any animal in any place without a sufficient
quantity of good, wholesome food and water; to keep any animal in
any enclosure without wholesome exercise and change of air; to abandon
to die any animal that is maimed, lacking strength and vitality because
of sickness or age, or diseased.
B.
Failure to maintain a clean, feces-free environment.
C.
Any person who is the owner or possessor or has charge or custody
of any animal, who commits the above acts upon any animal or who abandons
such animal to suffer injury or malnutrition or abandons any animal
in a street, road or public place without providing for the care,
sustenance, protection and shelter of such animal, shall be in violation
of this chapter.
D.
It is a violation of this chapter for any vehicle owner, passenger
or operator to confine an animal or allow it to be confined or to
remain in an unattended vehicle without sufficient ventilation or
under conditions for such a period of time as may reasonably be expected
to endanger the health or well-being of such animal due to heat, lack
of water or such other circumstances as may be expected to cause suffering,
disability or death. Any tribal police officer who finds an animal
in a vehicle in violation of this chapter may enter the vehicle by
using the amount of force which is reasonable necessary to remove
the animal. Neither the officer nor NHBP shall be liable for any damage
reasonably related to the removal of the animal under this section.
The officer is authorized to impound and dispose of such animal in
the manner provided for in this chapter.
E.
It shall be unlawful for any person to encourage or permit any animal
to engage in animal fighting or baiting for amusement or gain, including:
(1)
Knowingly owning, managing or operating a property or facility
kept or used for animal fighting or baiting or equipment used in such
fights;
(2)
Breeding, owning, possessing, keeping, training, transporting,
purchasing or knowingly selling any animal for animal fighting or
baiting;
(3)
Promoting, staging, advertising, wagering on or charging an
admission fee to attend animal fighting or baiting between two or
more animals;
(4)
Performing any service or act to facilitate animal fighting
or baiting, including, but not limited to, providing security, refereeing,
handling or transporting animals, or being a stakeholder of any money
wagered on animal fighting or baiting; or
(5)
Attending such fighting or baiting as a spectator, whether or
not one has paid an admission fee to do so.
