If you did it to a mad dog in Florida. . . .

The 2004 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI CRIMES
Chapter 828 ANIMALS: CRUELTY;

828.13 Confinement of animals without sufficient food, water, or
exercise; abandonment of animals.--

(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Abandon" means to
forsake an animal entirely or to neglect or refuse to provide or perform the
legal obligations for care and support of an animal by its owner.
(b)
"Owner" includes any owner, custodian, or other person in charge of an animal.



(2) Whoever:
(a) Impounds or confines any animal in any
place and fails to supply the animal during such confinement with a sufficient
quantity of good and wholesome food and water,
(b) Keeps any animals
in any enclosure without wholesome exercise and change of air, or
(c)
Abandons to die any animal that is maimed, sick, infirm, or diseased,
is
guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s.
775.082 or by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by both imprisonment and a
fine.

Do Fluffy and Rex have more rights in Florida than people?