§ 9-3-16 HUMANE TREATMENT OF BIRDS AND ANIMALS.
   Owners or keepers of dogs, birds and other animals shall provide same with sufficient good and wholesome food and water, proper shelter and protection from weather, veterinary care when needed to prevent suffering and with humane care and treatment. No person shall beat, cruelly ill-treat, torment, overload, overwork or otherwise abuse or abandon any dog, bird or other animal.