(a)
(1) Any person may take up any seed horse, mule, or jack found running at large and, if not claimed within two (2) days, may castrate him.
(2) For this service, he or she shall be entitled to recover from the owner of any horse, mule, or jack, three dollars ($3.00), which may be recovered in a civil action before any justice of the peace of the county.
(b) Castration shall be done in the usual manner, so that the life of the animal shall be endangered as little as possible.