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2015 Mississippi Code
Title 97 - CRIMES
Chapter 41 - CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
§ 97-41-1 - Living creatures not to be cruelly treated

MS Code § 97-41-1 (2015) What's This?

Except as otherwise provided in Section 97-41-16 for a dog or cat, if any person shall intentionally or with criminal negligence override, overdrive, overload, torture, torment, unjustifiably injure, deprive of necessary sustenance, food, or drink; or cruelly beat or needlessly mutilate; or cause or procure to be overridden, overdriven, overloaded, tortured, unjustifiably injured, tormented, or deprived of necessary sustenance, food or drink; or to be cruelly beaten or needlessly mutilated or killed, any living creature, every such offender shall, for every offense, be guilty of a misdemeanor.

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