Sec. 10-8. - Hitching animals to trees, fences or posts.

No person shall leave any horse, cow, ox or other animal upon any highway, road or lane attached, tied, hitched or secured to any fence, tree, post or other structure unless such horse, cow, ox or other animal shall be hitched or harnessed to a vehicle for the purpose of drawing the vehicle.

(Code 1982, § 4-17; Code 2003, § 10-8)

State Law reference— Cruelty to animals, G.L. 1956, § 4-1-1 et seq.