17-138.Animals; cruelty, prevention of.A second-class city shall have power to prohibit and punish cruelty to animals.SourceLaws 1881, c. 24, § 1, p. 197; R.S.1913, § 5032; C.S.1922, § 4201; C.S.1929, § 17-140; R.S.1943, § 17-138.