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Title 10 : Animal Control
Chapter 1 : In General

10-104 : Animal care.

  1. No owner(s) shall fail to provide their animals with sufficient good and wholesome food and water, proper shelter and protection from the weather, veterinary care as is necessary to prevent disease and suffering, and with humane care and treatment.

    1. The building, structure, corral, pen, or other enclosures in which any animals are kept shall be, at all times, maintained in a clean and sanitary condition and free from excessive odor.

    2. When any animal is confined by the use of a chain, must be of adequate length and gauge to secure the animal without denying movement unnecessarily, and must be attached to the animal by an appropriate collar or harness, and must remain free from possible entanglement .

      1. Metal or chain, "choke" or "training" collars shall not be considered appropriate, with leather or cotton or nylon webbing being preferred.
  2. No person or organization shall give away any live animal as a prize for, or as an inducement, to enter a place of amusement; or offer such animal as an incentive to enter into any business agreement whereby the offer was for the purpose of attracting trade.
  3. Any person who, as the operator of a motor vehicle, strikes a domestic animal shall immediately report such accident to the Newport Police Department, who will then notify the city animal shelter or animal control officer.
  4. No person shall expose any known poisonous substance, whether mixed with food or not, so that the same shall be liable to be consumed by any animal.
  5. Tennessee Code Annotated, §§ 39-14-201 through 39-14-210 are incorporated by reference as if set out in full. (Ord. #93-5, June 1993)