It is unlawful for any person to:
(A) Maliciously kill, maim, poison or wound an animal which is the property of another, or who, having charge or custody of an animal as owner or otherwise, overdrives, overloads, drives when overloaded, overworks, torments, tortures, deprives of necessary sustenance, drink or shelter, cruelly beats, mutilates or cruelly kills an animal, or subjects an animal to needless suffering, or inflicts unnecessary cruelty upon the animal, or in any manner abuses an animal, or who cruelly drives, rides or otherwise uses the animal when unfit for labor; or
(B) Abandon an animal, or drop or leave an animal on a street, road or highway, in a public place or on private property with intent to abandon. An animal shall be deemed abandoned when the owner fails to claim it from a boarding facility or veterinarian within ten days of the date a certified letter is mailed to such person from the boarding facility or veterinarian requesting that the owner reclaim the animal.
Penalty, see § 10.99