No person shall, within the corporate limits of the City, beat, whip or mistreat any beast of burden or other animal or bird, nor shall any person starve, neglect to feed, or underfeed any animal or bird, or subject the same to circumstances of unusual or unnecessary hardship and suffering; provided however, that the provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the ordinary treatment of animals in any rodeo or other show licensed under laws of the City.
(Ord. 1677 § 16 (part), 1993)
It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully or maliciously torture, torment, beat, kick, strike, choke, cut, stab, stone, shoot, mutilate, injure, disable, kill, arouse, anger or excite, or to interfere with or meddle with any animal while it is being caged, kenneled, transported, exhibited, exercised, or used in discharging or attempting to discharge any lawful duty or function or power of office, by any bona fide police officer or his representative, for any police agency.
(Ord. 1677 § 16 (part), 1993)