Committee on Health & Human Relations Chicago City Council Meeting January 27, 2021
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. Section 7-12-290 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by deleting the language stricken and inserting the language underscored, as follows:
7-12-290 Cruelty to animals - Fines.
No person shall do any of the following:
Beat, torture, torment, bait, mutilate or cruelly kill any animal, or cause or knowingly allow the same to be done;
Fail to provide any animal in the person's care or custody with proper breed-appropriate food, water, air or sanitary shelter (including ventilation! in such a manner as to he protected from excess heat and cold and is of sufficient size to permit the animal to exercise and move about freelv:
Cruelly force into undue physical exertion or carry, keep, drive, overload, overwork, or cause to be carried, driven, overloaded, overworked, or kept, any animal in a cruel manner;
Leave for any unreasonable length of time any animal unattended in a motor vehicle, trailer or other enclosure in such a manner that the animal does not have proper air circulation;
Failure to provide reasonahlv necessary medical care according to commonly accepted veterinary standards, in addition to the required rabies vaccine. and if diseased or injured or exhibiting symptoms of disease, receives proper care and is segregated from other animals so as to prevent transmittal of the disease Have, keep or harbor any animal which is infected with any disease transmissible to othor animals or man, or which is afflicted with any painful disease or injury, including severe parasitism, unless the animal is under the care of a veterinarian;
Abandon or intentionally release any animal on any public way or in any place where it may suffer or become a public charge;
Stake out unattended, or leave unrestrained outside and unattended, for anv amount of time, any female dog i...
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