No person may transport any type of animal in a motor vehicle or in a wagon or trailer pulled by a motor vehicle, or in a truck or the back of a truck, in such a way as to cause pain, suffering, or unreasonable risk of pain or death to the animal. Provided, however, there shall be no prohibition against the humane transportation of horses, cattle, sheep, poultry, or other livestock in trailers or other vehicles designed, constructed, and adequate for the size and number of animals being transported.
(f) Animals transported in open truck beds on public roads shall be secured by cross-tethering suitable and acceptable for the size of animal in such a manner that they cannot fall or jump over the side or contained in a properly secured and ventilated cage.
This provision shall not be applicable to:
(1) Law enforcement dogs while being used for investigation, tracking and similar duties under the supervision of a certified law officer;
(2) Search and rescue dogs while being used for their intended purpose and under the control of a trained handler;
(3) Hunting dogs while being used in a legal hunt on private property, private roads or public secondary roads;
(4) Farm dogs while being used for agricultural purposes on private property or private roads; or
(5) Farm dogs while being used for agricultural purposes on secondary roads within one mile of property owned, leased or otherwise used for farm purposes.
(g) It shall be unlawful for any person to place or confine an animal or allow an animal to be placed or confined in a motor vehicle under such conditions or for such a period of time as to endanger the health or well-being of such animal due to temperature, lack of food or drink, or such other conditions as may reasonably be expected to cause suffering, disability, or death.
After making a reasonable effort to find the driver of a vehicle in which an animal is confined, the animal control officer, in the presence of a law enforcement officer, may use the least intrusive means to enter the vehicle if necessary to remove the animal, where reasonable cause exists to believe the animal may die if not immediately removed.
The animal control officer removing the animal shall then impound the animal and leave in a prominent place on the motor vehicle a written notice of the animal's impoundment, a brief description of the animal, and where and when the animal may be reclaimed.
