<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 5-15. - Manner of keeping and treating animals generally.</div>
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               It shall be unlawful for any person to keep animals under unsanitary or inhumane conditions,
               or to fail to provide proper food and water at all times, shelter from the weather,
               reasonably clean quarters and proper medical attention for sick, diseased or injured
               animals as defined in G.S. 19A-23, as well as adequate inoculation against disease,
               according to the species of the animal kept.
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               (Code 1978, Â§ 3-15)
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            <p class="refstatelaw0" block_type="hang"><b>State Law referenceâ€” </b>
               Definitions of animal welfare act, G.S. 19A-23; penalty for failure to adequately
               care for animals, G.S. 19A-35.
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