Leavenworth, Kansas

Sec. 8-33. – Care for animals.

(a) Cruel acts and conditions enumerated:

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person:

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i. To attach chains or other tethers, restraints or implements directly to an animal without the proper use of a collar, harness, or other device designed for that purpose and made from a material that prevents injury to the animal; or

j. To continuously picket, tether or stake an animal (excluding those used by businesses for security during non-business hours) for more than four continuous hours, except that tethering or staking of the same animal may resume after a hiatus of one continuous hour, for up to eight hours total time on a tether or stake per day; provided that for the purpose of tethering or staking an animal, a chain, leash, rope or tether shall be at least ten feet in length; or

k. To use a chain, leash, rope, collaring device, tether, or any assembly or attachments thereto to picket an animal that shall weigh more than one-eighth of the animal’s body weight, or due to weight, inhibit the free movement of the animal within the area picketed; or

l. No animal shall be tethered or staked in such manner as to permit it within ten ft. of a public sidewalk or street; or

m. To picket an animal in such a manner as to cause injury, strangulation, or entanglement of the animal on fences, trees, or other man-made or natural obstacles.