<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 10-4. - Cruelty.</div>
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               It shall be unlawful for any person to molest, torture, torment, deprive of necessary
               sustenance, cruelly beat, needlessly mutilate or kill, wound, injure, poison, abandon
               or subject to conditions detrimental to its health or general welfare any animal,
               or to cause or procure such action. The words "torture" and "torment" shall be held
               to include every act, omission or neglect whereby unjustifiable physical pain, suffering
               or death is caused or permitted; but such terms shall not be construed to prohibit
               lawful taking of animals under the jurisdiction and regulation of the wildlife resources
               commission; nor to prohibit the animal control department or its agents or veterinarians
               from destroying dangerous, unwanted, or injured animals in a humane manner; nor to
               prohibit any individual from killing a dangerous animal in imminent defense of person
               or property; nor to prohibit the lawful use of animals in scientific research. A violation
               of this section is punishable as a misdemeanor.
               
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               (Ord. of 8-17-92, art. I, Â§ 7; Ord. of 3-19-96, art. I, Â§ 7;
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               , Â§ 3, 12-20-21)
               
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