Chapter 3. ANIMALS AND FOWL

§ 3-7. Cruelty to animals.

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It shall be unlawful for any person in the city to cruelly beat or otherwise cruelly maltreat any animal, or to wantonly kill, wound, maim, poison, or disfigure any horse, ass, mule, cattle, goat, swine or beast of any kind, or to overdrive, override, overload or unnecessarily confine or oppress the same; or, to fail in any way to provide the same with proper food, drink or shelter, or to drive, work or use the same when such animal is maimed, wounded, sick or otherwise unfit for labor; or, to carry, or cause to be carried, hauled or forced along in a cruel and inhumane manner, or to leave any animal tied or confined anywhere, day or night, without proper feeding, watering and caring for same.

(Code 1979, § 4-5; Ord. of 3-8-83)

State law reference

Cruelty, S.C. Code 1976, § 16-1-10 et seq.; malicious injury to animals, § 16-11-510.

                    
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