§ 5-1. Cruelty to animals.  


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  • No person shall cruelly treat or abuse any animal or bird in this city. Cruel and abusive treatment shall include but not be confined to inhumanely beating, not adequately feeding, and adequately watering, abandoning, or confining in an area not sufficient to allow the animal adequate exercise.

(Code 1977, § 9.121)

State law reference

Cruelty to animals, MCL 752.21 et seq., MSA 28.161 et seq.