<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 3-33. - Cruelty.</div>
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               It shall be unlawful for any person to molest, torture, torment, cruelly beat, needlessly
               mutilate or kill, wound, injure, poison or subject to conditions detrimental to its
               health or general welfare any wild horse within a wild horse sanctuary, or to cause
               or procure such action. The words "torture" and "torment" shall be held to include
               every act which causes unjustifiable pain, suffering or death; but such terms shall
               not be construed to prohibit an animal control officer, law enforcement officer or
               licensed veterinarian from destroying an injured wild horse in a humane manner.
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               (Ord. of 12-18-89, pt. I, Â§ 4)
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