Burbank Municipal Code Art. 9 Cruelty and ABUSE13

No person shall transport any animal on the running board of any motor vehicle, or outside the passenger compartment, tonneau or body thereof, unless such animal is protected by a framework or other device which will prevent such animal from falling off, jumping off, or being thrown from such motor vehicle while it is in motion. [Formerly numbered Section 6-68; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; 2467.]

On any premises where an animal is kept, it shall be unlawful to maintain a dangerous or defective condition that is or could be injurious to the animal. [Added by Ord. No. 2467; formerly numbered Section 6-69; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

It shall be unlawful to use any equipment, device, substance or material that is, or could be, injurious or cause unnecessary cruelty to any animal. [Added by Ord. No. 2467; formerly numbered Section 6-70; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

Animals that are natural enemies, temperamentally unsuited, or otherwise incompatible, shall not be quartered together or allowed so near each other as to cause injury, fear or torment; provided, however, that if two or more animals are so trained that they can be placed together and do not attack each other or perform or attempt any hostile act to the other, they may be quartered together or allowed near one another. [Added by Ord. No. 2467; formerly numbered Section 6-71; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

Any animal which is overheated, weakened, exhausted, sick, injured, diseased, lame or otherwise unfit shall not be worked, used or rented. [Added by Ord. No. 2467; formerly numbered Section 6-72; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

Animals bearing evidence of malnutrition, ill health, unhealed injury, or in an unsanitary condition shall not be displayed. [Added by Ord. No. 2467; formerly numbered Section 6-73; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

The use of iron or steel jaw traps, or any inhumane trap, with the exception of rodent traps, commonly used for mice, rats, or gophers, is prohibited. This section shall not apply to persons employed by or in the service of the City of Burbank for depredation control. [Added by Ord. No. 2467; formerly numbered Section 6-74; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; 2890.]

No person shall kill, destroy or rob the nest of any songbird. [Added by Ord. No. 2467; formerly numbered Section 6-75; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

When a chain or other restraint is used to tether a dog, it shall be so placed or attached that it cannot become entangled with the chain of any other animal or with any other object. It shall be of a type commonly used for the size of the dog to which it is attached, shall be affixed by means of a well fitted collar, shall be at least three (3) times the length of the dog as measured from the tip of its nose to the base of its tail and shall allow the dog convenient access to food, water and shelter. [Added by Ord. No. 2467; formerly numbered Section 6-76; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

Every reasonable precaution shall be taken to ensure that animals are not teased, abused, mistreated, annoyed, tormented or in any manner made to suffer by any person or by any means. [Added by Ord. No. 2467; formerly numbered Section 6-77; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

No person shall injure, tease, strike or otherwise interfere with any dog specially trained for assistance to law enforcement officers while said dog is in the custody of, or being used by, a law enforcement officer in the performance of their official duties. [Added by Ord. No. 2846; formerly numbered Section 6-77.1; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

Every person who rides or leads a horse at night shall wear some type of reflective device or material so as to be plainly visible within one hundred to three hundred fifty feet (100-350') when directly in front of the lawful upper headlight beams of a vehicle. [Added by Ord. No. 2467; formerly numbered Section 6-78; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

No animal shall be given any alcoholic beverage or any dangerous, restricted drug except when prescribed by a person licensed by the State to practice veterinary medicine. [Added by Ord. No. 2467; formerly numbered Section 6-79; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

No person shall hitch or tie a horse or any other animal to a tree or shrub in any street or other public place so as to be endangered by vehicular traffic. [Added by Ord. No. 2467; formerly numbered Section 6-80; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]