Every owner, possessor, or person having the charge or custody of any animal, who cruelly drives or works the same when unfit for labor, or cruelly abandons the same, or who carries the same, or causes the same to be carried, in or upon any vehicle, or otherwise, in an unnecessarily cruel or inhuman manner, or knowingly and wilfully authorizes or permits the same to be subjected to unnecessary torture, suffering, or cruelty of any kind, shall be punished for every such offense in the manner provided in § 22-1001.
(Aug. 23, 1871, Leg. Assem., p. 135, ch. 106, § 2.)
1981 Ed., § 22-802.
1973 Ed., § 22-802.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 22 - Criminal Offenses and Penalties
Chapter 10 - Cruelty to Animals
§ 22–1001. Definitions and penalties
§ 22–1002. Other cruelties to animals
§ 22–1002.01. Reporting requirements
§ 22–1003. Rest, water and feeding for animals transported by railroad company
§ 22–1004. Arrests without warrant authorized; notice to owner
§ 22–1005. Issuance of search warrants
§ 22–1006. Prosecution of offenders; disposition of fines
§ 22–1006.01. Penalty for engaging in animal fighting
§ 22–1007. Impounded animals to be supplied with food and water
§ 22–1008. Relief of impounded animals
§ 22–1010. Penalty for engaging in cockfighting or animal fighting. [Repealed]
§ 22–1011. Neglect of sick or disabled animals
§ 22–1014. Docking tails of horses. [Repealed]
§ 22–1015. Penalty for engaging in animal fighting [Renumbered]