§ 14-65. Abandonment of animals.

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Pursuant to F.S. § 828.13, any person who is the owner, possessor, or caregiver, or has charge or custody of any animal who abandons such animal to suffer injury or malnutrition or abandons any animal in or on a street, road or public place without providing for the care, sustenance, protection and shelter of such animal is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in F.S. § 775.082, or a fine of not more than $5,000.00 or by both imprisonment and a fine.

(Ord. No. 99-39, § 5, 5-25-99; Ord. No. 2014-27, § 1, 9-16-14; Ord. No. 2018-02, § 1, 1-23-18)

                    
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