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AN ORDINANCE TO ~4END THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH,
<br />VIRGINIA, 1973, BY AMENDING SECTIONS 4-1, 4-2, 4-11, 4-23,
<br />4-24, 4-25, 4-26, 4-27, 4-44, 4-48, 4-49, 4-63, 4-65, AND
<br />4-68 OF CHAPTER 4 TPiEREOF, PERTAINING TO ANIMALS AND FO%~.
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<br /> BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of
<br /> Virginia:
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<br /> 1. That Sections 4-1,
<br />-4-26, 4-27, 4-44, 4-48, 4-49,
<br /> 4 of the Code of the City of
<br /> amended to read as follows:
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<br />the City of Portsmouth,
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<br />4-2, 4-11, 4-23, 4-24, 4-25,
<br /> 4-63, 4-65, and 4-68 of Chapter
<br />Portsmouth, Virginia, 1973, be
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<br />Section 4-1. Cruelty.
<br /> Any person who overrides, overdrives, overloads, tortures,
<br />ill-treats, abandons, willfully inflicts inhumane injury or
<br />pain to, not connected with bona fide scientific or medical
<br />experimentation, or cruelly or unnecessarily beats, mames,
<br />mutilates or kills any animal, whether belonging to himself
<br />or another, or deprleves any animal of neccessary sustenance,
<br />food or drink, or causes any of the above things, or being
<br />the owner of such animal permits such acts to be done by
<br />another; or who willfully instigates, engages in, or in any
<br />way furthers any act of cruelty to any animal; or carries
<br />or causes to be carried in or upon any vehicle or vessel or
<br />otherwise any animal in a cruel, brutal or inhumane manner,
<br />so as to produce torture or unnecessary suffering or causes
<br />any of the above things or being the owner of such animal
<br />permits such acts to be done by another, shall be guilty of
<br />a Class 1 misdemeanor; but nothing in this section shall be
<br />construed to prohibit the dehorning of cattle.
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<br />Section 4-2. Animal fights.
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<br /> If any person engages in the fighting of cocks, dogs, or
<br />other animals, for money, prize, or anything of value, or upon
<br />the result of which any money or other thing of value is
<br />bartered or wagered, or to which an admission fee is charged,
<br />directly or indirectly, or for any championship, he shall be
<br />guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
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<br />Section 4-11. Animal wardens generally~
<br /> (a) Appointment. The City Council authorizes the City
<br /> Manager to appoint animal wardens for the City.
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