Athens City Code

1. (1) All animals within the city are declared to be the personal property and subjects of larceny, and it is unlawful for any person, except an officer or authorized agent of the city in the legal performance of his duty, deliberately or by any means, to kill, injure, or detain or to attempt deliberately to kill, injure or detain any animal.
2. (2) In case of accidental destruction or injury to an animal, the person causing such destruction or injury shall immediately report the same to the owner or to the appropriate city official, giving his name and address.
3. (3) It is unlawful for any person to place any poison of any description in any place, on his premises or elsewhere, where it may be easily found or taken by any animal.
4. (4) Any person who, as the operator of a motor vehicle, strikes a domestic animal shall stop at once and render such assistance as may be possible and shall immediately report such injury or death to the animal's owner. In the event the owner cannot be ascertained and located, such operator shall at once report the accident to the appropriate law enforcement agency.

(Code 1972, § 3-117; Code 1995, § 10-117)