Maryland Criminal Law Section 10-602

      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.