§ 4-33. Animal cruelty or neglect.

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(a)

It is a violation of this section for any owner, either willfully or negligently, to deprive any animal of food, water, shelter, or protection, or abandon any animal; or for any person to poison, beat, whip, mutilate, overdrive, overload, overwork, torment, torture, or otherwise cruelly ill-use any animal, including but not limited to, animal fighting; or for any person to kill any animal other than for humane or lawful purposes.

(b)

The recommended penalty for a violation of this section is a fine of five hundred dollars ($500.00). The owner may in addition be subject to prosecution or guilt under Chapter 828, Florida Statutes.

(Ord. No. 2009-47, § 2, 9-1-09; Ord. No. 2018-22, § 2, 5-8-18)

                    
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