Davie, FL Animal Ordinances: Pet Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- Hoarding named
- "hoards animals" (§ 4-65.2)
- Baseline duty
- § 4-47 / § 4-65.3 manner of keeping
- Required care
- sanitary conditions, food, water, vet care
- Max fine
- $500 plus court costs
Summary
Davie's animal-cruelty ordinance expressly lists hoarding animals as a violation, alongside starving an animal, failing to provide sanitary conditions, or denying it medical care.
Any person who beats, cruelly ill-treats, torments, overloads, overworks, fails to provide sanitary living conditions, starves, fails to provide reasonable medical care for illness or injury, tethers a dog in violation of section 4-65.1, hoards animals, uses an animal for the purposes of dog fighting, or otherwise abuses an animal or intentionally causes such animal to be mutilated or inhumanely killed, or causes the same to be done, or otherwise treats an animal in a cruel or inhumane manner, shall be deemed to be in violation of this section.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 75).
Full Breakdown
Town of Davie Code § 4-65.2 defines cruelty to animals broadly and specifically names a person who "hoards animals" among the prohibited acts, alongside beating, tormenting, starving, failing to provide sanitary living conditions, and denying reasonable medical care. That baseline duty of care is set out separately at § 4-47 (all animals) and § 4-65.3 (dogs), which require clean and sanitary conditions, sufficient food and water daily, ventilation, adequate shelter, and veterinary attention when an animal is sick or injured: the standards a hoarding situation typically fails to meet.
Violations & Fines
A § 4-65.2 cruelty/hoarding violation, including failure to meet the manner-of-keeping duties in § 4-47 or § 4-65.3, is punishable under § 4-68 by a fine up to $500 plus court costs, separate from any state animal-cruelty prosecution under Florida law.
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