a. Every operator of a motor or other self-propelled vehicle upon the streets of the jurisdiction shall immediately upon injuring, striking, maiming, or running down any domestic animal give such aid as can reasonably be rendered. In the absence of the owner, he shall immediately notify the Animal Control Division, furnishing facts relative to such injury.

b. It shall be the duty of such operator to remain at or near the scene until such time as the appropriate authorities arrive, and upon the arrival of such authorities, the operator shall immediately identify himself to such authorities. Alternatively, in the absence of the owner, a person may give aid by taking the animal to the Animal Control facility or other appropriate facility and notifying the Animal Control Division. Such animal may be taken in by the Animal Control facility and dealt with as deemed appropriate under the circumstances.

c. Emergency vehicles are exempted from the requirements of this provision.

a. It shall be unlawful for any person or corporation to raise, keep, or use any animal, fowl, or bird for the purpose of fighting or baiting; and for any person to be a party to or be present as a spectator at any such fighting or baiting of any animal or fowl; and for any person, firm, or corporation to knowingly rent any building, shed, room, yard, ground, or premises for any such purposes as aforesaid, or to knowingly suffer or permit the use of his buildings, sheds, rooms, yards, grounds, or premises for the purposes aforesaid.

b. Law enforcement officers or Animal Control Division officials may enter any building or place where there is an exhibition of the fighting or baiting of a live animal, or where preparations are being made for such an exhibition, and the law enforcement officers may arrest persons there present and take possession of all animals engaged in fighting, or there found for the purposes of fighting, along with all implements or applications used in such exhibition. This provision shall not be interpreted to authorize a search or arrest without a warrant when such is required by law.

a. It shall be unlawful for any person to abandon or turn out at large any sick, diseased, or disabled animal; but such animal shall, when rendered worthless by reason of sickness of other disability, be killed in a humane manner by the owner thereof and disposed of as instructed after contacting the Animal Control Division.

b. It shall further be unlawful for the owner or person having the charge, care, custody, and control of such animal infected with dangerous or incurable and/or painfully crippling condition to have, keep, or harbor such animal without placing the same under veterinary care or to dispose of the same. The failure to take such care is a violation of this Title, and the Animal Control Division may take custody of such animals and deal with them as deemed appropriate under the circumstances.

a. An order may be obtained if the person has been found to commit cruel acts to any animal, regardless of whether the animals were owned, kept, or possessed by that person.

b. The order shall designate a time period that the person may not obtain a license, which shall be determined based on the nature and severity of the violations. In no event shall the time period exceed five years.

c. The Animal Control Division shall pick up and impound any animal(s) kept by the person under such order. Any animal impounded pursuant to such an order shall be dealt with according to the provisions of this Title for impounded animals, except that such person under the order of revocation shall be allowed to redeem the animal under any circumstances.

a. It is unlawful for an owner or handler of a dog to tether a dog in any manner that would cause injury or damage to the dog, or when freedom of movement would endanger a dog. A tether must be of sufficient length to provide the dog with adequate space. Each dog tethered in violation of this Section shall constitute a separate offense.