Someone on another forum posted this during a debate about pet stores and cruelty that occurs in them from managers and staff that refuse to take proper care of them and the like.
The first link is a summary of Texas Animal Cruelty Laws.
http://www.animallaw.info/articles/qvustxcruelty.htm"Under Texas law, the cruel treatment of animals is forbidden. There are a number of actions that are considered "cruel", including:
(1) torturing an animal;
(2) failing to provide food, care or shelter;
(3) abandoning an animal;
(4) transporting or confining an animal in a cruel manner;
(5) killing, seriously injuring, or poisoning an animal;
(6) causing an animal to fight with another;
(7) using a live animal as a lure in a dog race;
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tripping a horse;
(9) injuring an animal belonging to another person; or
(10) seriously overworking an animal."
And here is something more on a bill that was amended so that it included non-livestock:
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/ ... 02328E.HTM
