Animals can also be seized by animal control officers.īack to (Scroll down to the proper statute)Ĭruelty to animals is defined as "knowingly inflicts severe physical pain or prolonged suffering on an animal with criminal negligence, fails to care for an animal and, as a result, causes the death of the animal or causes severe physical pain or prolonged suffering to the animal or kills an animal by the use of a decompression chamber". Exceptions are made for research, protection of life or property, training, or shooting a dog or cat for urinating or defecating on property. Person convicted could also be made to pay for the cost of care of the animal. Intentionally torturing a dog or cat is a Class C Felony punishable with a fine of up to $5,000 and/or imprisonment up to 10 years. The act of cruelty to animals, particularly domesticated dogs and cats, is defined as: "Overloads, overdrives, deprives of necessary sustenance or shelter, unnecessarily or cruelly beats, injures, mutilates or causes the same to be done intentionally tortures any dog or cat or skins a domestic dog or cat or offers for sale or exchange or offers to buy to exchange the fur, hide, or pelt of a domestic dog or cat." Cruelty to a dog or cat is a Class A Misdemeanor, punishable with a fine of up to $1,000 and/or imprisonment up to 6 months.
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