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Arkansas의 동물학대는 1등급 경범죄로 간주됩니다.1000달러(1,300,000원)이하의 벌금형이나 1년이하의 징역형입니다. 또한 법원의 명령에 의하여 정신치료를 받아야 합니다.

Idaho에서도 역시 동물학대는 경범죄로 간주가 됩니다. 동물학대 초범인 경우 5,000달러(6,000,000원)의 벌금과 6개월이하의 징역형에 처합니다. 재범인 경우 7000달러(9,000,000원)의 벌금과 9개월이하의 징역형에 처합니다. 세번째일 경우 9000달러(11,000,000원)의 벌금과 1년이하의 징역형입니다.

동물에게 극약을 먹였을 경우에도 100달러이상 5000달러이하의 벌금형이나 징역형에 처합니다.

다른 사람의 재산권인 동물을 해쳤을 경우 1000달러의 벌금이나 1년이상 5년 미만의 징역에 처해집니다. 벌금과 함께 징역에 처할 수 있습니다.

미시시피주에서는 동물학대 범죄는 100달러의 벌금과 6개월 징역형에 더해집니다. 공익을 위한 동물들(안내견,인간의심리치료 등을 위한 동물들)에게 상해를 입히거나 죽이는 경우 5년의 징역형입니다.

North Dakota 에서는 다른 사람의 동물에 상해를 입히거나 해치는 경우,비인도적인 대우, 독살하는 경우 등 동물학대는 1등급 경범죄입니다. 2000달러의 범금형 혹은 1년 징역형. 둘 다 해당이 될 수 있습니다. 다른 사람의 동물에 상해를 입히거나 해치는 경우,비인도적인 대우 등을 예시하고 있습니다.

In Arkansas animal cruelty is also simply a Class A misdemeanor.

Arkansas Code § 5-62-101. The penalty is no more than a $1000 fine and 1 year in jail. A.C.A. §§5-4-201, -401. There is a provision a court may order psychological counseling or treatment. The abuser  can be ordered to pay for some or all of the counseling or treatment. Arkansas Code § 5-62-101. A court can award the animals involved to a humane organization. Arkansas Code §5-62-101

In Idaho animal cruelty is also a misdemeanor. Idaho Code §25-3502, §25-3504, §25-3505, §25-3510-3511, §25-3518. For a first conviction, a person can be fined no more than $5,000 and jailed for 6 months. § 25-3520A For a second conviction within 10 years of the first one, a person still cannot be fined more than $7000 and jailed for more than 9 months. And, for any person convicted on a third or subsequent violation, within  fifteen (15) years of the first, they can be sentenced to no more than  1 year in jail and a fine of $9000.

It should be noted the punishment for poisoning of animals “shall not exceed three (3) years, or in the county jail not exceeding one (1) year, and a fine not less than one hundred dollars ($ 100) or more than five thousand dollars ($ 5000).”§25-3503.

Idaho Code § 18-7001 a person who destroys the property of another, can be punished “by imprisonment in the county jail for up to one (1) year or a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($ 1,000), or both.”  It does not matter if it was the first or second offense. Moreover, if a person destroys the property of another that has a value in excess of $1000, he is subject to punishment of “imprisonment in the state prison for not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years, and may be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($ 1,000), or by both such fine and imprisonment”.

In Mississippi under Miss. Code §§97-41-1, 97-41-2, 97-41-5, 97-41-7, 97-41-9, 97-41-16 animal cruelty is a misdemeanor with fines up to $1000 and 6 months in jail. In Mississippi it is a felony with a possible penalty of $5000 or 5 years in prison or both to kill or injure a public service animal. §97-41-23.

In North Dakota animal cruelty is a Class A misdemeanor. N.D. Cent. Code, § 36-21.1-11.

See N.D. Cent. Code, § 36-21.1-01 et seq. including N.D. Cent. Code, § 36-21.1-02, regarding acts of cruelty and N.D. Cent. Code, § 36-21.1-03, cruelty in transportation.  The maximum penalty is a fine of $2000 or one year’s imprisonment or both. N.D. Cent. In South Dakota, too, it is no more than a misdemeanor to abuse, poison or kill an animal  of another or inhumanely treat one’s own animal. S. Dakota Code §40-1-20 (poison animal of another) § 40-1-21 (kill or injure animal of another) §40-1-27 (inhumane treatment). The most punishment an abuser faces is a $2000 fine and one year in jail. §22-6-2. Abuse of a service animal in South Dakota merits no more than thirty days imprisonment in a county jail or five hundred dollars fine, or both. §22-6-2.