Animals shall be cared for, treated, and transported in a humane manner and not in violation of section 42.09 of the Texas Penal Code, title 10 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, or any other provision of law, including federal, state, and local laws, ordinances, or rules.
(2001 Code, sec. 2.105(A))
A person commits an offense if:
(1) 
A person fails to provide an animal under his control and/or ownership with adequate, wholesome food and water, proper shelter and protection from inclement weather, and veterinary care when needed to prevent suffering;
(2) 
A person having charge or custody of an animal places or confines such animal, or allows such animal to be placed or confined, in a motor vehicle, trailer or other enclosure under such conditions, or for such a period of time, as to endanger the health of the animal due to heat, lack of food or water, or such other circumstances as may cause injury or death to the animal;
(3) 
A person treats an animal in an inhumane or cruel manner as defined by V.T.C.A., Penal Code 42.11, and V.T.C.A., Health and Safety Code ch. 821, or:
(A) 
A person mutilates any animal, whether such animal is dead or alive. This subsection does not apply to medical or veterinary medical research, medical or veterinary autopsies, or biology class use of animals for educational purposes;
(B) 
A person causes an animal to fight another animal or person;
(C) 
A person dyes or colors chicks, ducks, rabbits, reptiles or birds;
(D) 
A person knowingly owns, harbors, trains, sells or offers for sale any animal which is to be used for the purpose of fighting, or to be trained, tormented, badgered or baited for the purpose of causing or encouraging the animal to attack human beings or animals when not provoked, except that this subsection shall not apply to guard dogs;
(E) 
A person is in control of a motor vehicle which strikes a domestic animal or livestock within the corporate limits of the town and fails to report the accident to the town enforcement agent as soon as practical; or
(F) 
A person abandons any animal, including the abandonment of an impounded animal at the animal control facility with the intent to readopt the animal to avoid impoundment fees.
(2001 Code, sec. 2.105(D)(1)–(3))
It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally or knowingly abandon any animal within the corporate limits of the town.
(2001 Code, sec. 2.104)
It shall be unlawful and an offense for any person or persons to act in the following manner:
(1) 
No person shall place any substance or article which has in any manner been treated with any poisonous substance in any place accessible to human beings, birds, dogs, cats or other animals with the intent to kill or harm animals. This shall include antifreeze purposely left exposed to poison animals. This section, however, does not preclude the use of commercially sold rodent poisons when applied in accordance with the manufacturer’s directions for such use.
(2) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to place, set or bait any trap for the purpose of catching, wounding or killing any animal, fowl or reptile without the permission and assistance of a town animal control officer. This section, however, does not preclude the use of commercially sold rat and mouse traps.
(3) 
The placing or baiting of any steel-jawed trap (commonly known as a bear trap, wolf trap or coyote trap) within the corporate limits of the town is expressly prohibited.
(4) 
Any animal traps found on public property are declared to be abandoned, and the town enforcement agents are hereby authorized and directed to seize any such trap and process the same as abandoned property in accordance with the applicable provisions of state law and town procedures.
(2001 Code, sec. 2.109)