25-3504. COMMITTING CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. Every person who is cruel to any animal, or who causes or procures any animal to be cruelly treated, or who, having the charge or custody of any animal either as owner or otherwise, subjects any animal to cruelty shall, upon conviction, be punished in accordance with section 25-3520A, Idaho Code. Any law enforcement officer or animal care and control officer, subject to the restrictions of section 25-3501A, Idaho Code, may take possession of the animal cruelly treated, and provide care for the same, until final disposition of such animal is determined in accordance with section 25-3520A or 25-3520B, Idaho Code.
History:
[(25-3504) Cr. & P. 1864, sec. 143; R.S. & R.C., sec. 7153; am. 1909, p. 175, sec. 1; reen. C.L., sec. 7153; C.S., sec. 8542; I.C.A., sec. 17-4202; reen. 1972, ch. 336, sec. 1, p. 884; am. 1979, ch. 183, sec. 1, p. 537; am. and redesig. 1994, ch. 346, sec. 4, p. 1092; am. 1996, ch. 229, sec. 3, p. 745; am. 2006, ch. 170, sec. 4, p. 526; am. 2008, ch. 47, sec. 1, p. 119; am. 2012, ch. 262, sec. 1, p. 729.]
Structure Idaho Code
Section 25-3501 - ADMINISTRATION.
Section 25-3501A - ENFORCEMENT — ENFORCEMENT RESTRICTIONS.
Section 25-3502 - DEFINITIONS.
Section 25-3503 - POISONING ANIMALS.
Section 25-3504 - COMMITTING CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
Section 25-3504A - TORTURING COMPANION ANIMALS.
Section 25-3505 - CARRYING IN A CRUEL MANNER — SEIZURE, EXPENSES, LIEN.
Section 25-3506 - EXHIBITION OF COCKFIGHTS.
Section 25-3507 - EXHIBITION OF DOGFIGHTS.
Section 25-3509 - ARRESTS WITHOUT WARRANTS.
Section 25-3510 - IMPOUNDING WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER.
Section 25-3512 - ABANDONMENT OF ANIMALS LEFT WITH VETERINARIAN.
Section 25-3513 - PROSECUTIONS.
Section 25-3514 - CHAPTER CONSTRUED NOT TO INTERFERE WITH NORMAL OR LEGAL PRACTICES.
Section 25-3515 - CHAPTER CONSTRUED NOT TO INTERFERE WITH GAME LAWS.
Section 25-3516 - HIGH-ALTITUDE DECOMPRESSION CHAMBER PROHIBITED.
Section 25-3518 - BEATING AND HARASSING ANIMALS.
Section 25-3519 - AUTHORITY TO ENTER PREMISES AND EXAMINE ANIMALS.
Section 25-3520 - AUTHORITY TO PROMULGATE RULES.
Section 25-3520A - PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS — TERMINATION OF RIGHTS.