Animal abandonment; criminal penalties, authority to seize, disposition procedures; established

This bill creates a new crime for abandoning an animal, defining abandonment as intentionally or negligently leaving an animal without care, risking injury or death. It allows law enforcement or local agents to seize abandoned animals or order owners to provide care, and establishes procedures for court hearings when an owner is known. Penalties range from a misdemeanor to a felony, depending on prior convictions, harm to the animal, or the number of animals abandoned.

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