(A) No owner or keeper of a dog, cat, or other domestic animal shall abandon the animal.
(R.C. § 959.01) (`96 General Offenses Code, § 505.04)
(B) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree on a first offense and a misdemeanor of the first degree on each subsequent offense.
(R.C. § 959.99(E)(3))