Section 40-1-2.4 - Inhumane treatment defined.
40-1-2.4. Inhumane treatment defined. For the purposes of this chapter and chapter 40-2, the inhumane treatment of an animal is any act of mistreatment, torture, cruelty, neglect, abandonment, mutilation, or inhumane slaughter of an animal that is not consistent with generally accepted training, use and husbandry procedures for the species, breed, physical condition, and type of animal.
Source: SL 1991, ch 331, § 4.