§ 10-602. Legislative intent  


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  •    It is the intent of the General Assembly that each animal in the State be protected from intentional cruelty, including animals that are:

       (1) privately owned;

       (2) strays;

       (3) domesticated;

       (4) feral;

       (5) farm animals;

       (6) corporately or institutionally owned; or

       (7) used in privately, locally, State, or federally funded scientific or medical activities.


HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 59(a); 2002, ch. 26, § 2.