What is the Pennsylvania regarding animal cruelty?
Pet owners have not only a moral obligation but a legal obligation to properly care for their animals. Title 18-Section 5511(c) of the Pennsylvania Anti-Cruelty Law: Cruelty to Animals. A person commits a summary offense if he wantonly or cruelly ill-treats, overloads, beats, otherwise abuses any animal, or neglects any animal as to which he has the duty to care, whether belonging to himself or otherwise, or abandons any animal, or deprives any animal of necessary sustenance, drink, shelter or veterinary care, or access to clean and sanitary shelter which will protect the animal against inclement weather and preserve the animals body heat and keep it dry.
