Examples of cruelty / neglect include beating or abusing an
animal, wiring or duct
taping an
animal's mouth closed, not providing an
animal with adequate food, fresh water, warm shelter in the winter and cool / shaded shelter in the summer, keeping the
animal in a very unclean area or
on a very short chain, not providing medical
care for a sick
animal, keeping an
animal in a cage that is too small and not providing daily exercise for an
animal.