(a) Whoever violates any provision of this article for which no other penalty is provided shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). Under certain circumstances, each day such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
(b) (1) Whoever violates Section 505.01(a) shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500)
(2) A. Notwithstanding any provision of this Code to the contrary, no person who has been convicted of a violation of the provisions of Section 505.01(a) may be granted probation until the defendant has undergone a complete psychiatric or psychological evaluation and the court has reviewed such evaluation. Unless the defendant is determined by the court to be indigent, he or she shall be responsible for the cost of said evaluation.
B. For any person convicted of a violation of subsection (a) of this section, the court may, in addition to the penalties provided in this section, impose a requirement that he or she complete a program of anger management intervention for perpetrators of animal cruelty. Unless the defendant is determined by the court to be indigent, he or she shall be responsible for the cost of the program.
(3) In addition to any other penalty which can be imposed for a violation of Section 505.01, a court shall prohibit any person so convicted from possessing, owning or residing with any animal or type of animal for a period of five years following entry of a conviction. A violation under this subsection is punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) and forfeiture of the animal.
(c) Whoever violates Section 505.01(a), in addition to other penalties specified, the City Humane Officer and/or City Animal Control Officer may remove the animal involved and place it in the pound and such animal shall not be returned to the owner or perpetrator of the act of cruelty, but shall be put up for adoption to a desirable home or given into the care of a humane society or upon the recommendation of a licensed veterinarian shall be humanely destroyed. (WVaC 61-8-19a)