Whoever overdrives, overloads, drives when overloaded, overworks, tortures, torments, deprives of necessary sustenance, cruelly beats, mutilates or kills an animal, or causes or procures an animal to be overdriven, overloaded, driven when overloaded, overworked, tortured, tormented, deprived of necessary sustenance, cruelly beaten, mutilated or killed; and whoever uses in a cruel or inhuman manner in a race, game, or contest, or in training therefor, as lure or bait a live animal, except an animal if used as lure or bait in fishing; and whoever, having the charge or custody of an animal, either as owner or otherwise, inflicts unnecessary cruelty upon it, or unnecessarily fails to provide it with proper
food, drink, shelter, sanitary environment, or protection from the weather, and whoever, as owner, possessor, or person having the charge or custody of an animal, cruelly drives or works it when unfit for labor, or willfully abandons it, or
carries it or causes it to be
carried in or upon a
vehicle, or otherwise, in an unnecessarily cruel or inhuman manner or in a way and manner which might endanger the animal
carried thereon, or knowingly and willfully authorizes or permits it to be subjected to unnecessary torture, suffering or cruelty of any kind shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 7 years in state prison or imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 21/2 years or by a fine of not more than $ 5,000 or by both fine and imprisonment; provided, however, that a second or subsequent offense shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 10 years or by a fine of not more than $ 10,000 or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Common Exclusions: No coverage for (1) bodily injury / death when you are using your
vehicle to
carry persons or property (including magazines, newspapers,
food) for compensation or a fee; (2) liability assumed under a contract; (3) bodily injury / death to an employee; (4) bodily injury / death caused by an intentional act; (5) property owned by, rented to, or in the charge of an insured person; (6) bodily injury / death to you or relative; (7) bodily injury / death or property damage resulting from a relative's use of a
vehicle, other than a covered
vehicle, owned by a person who resides with you; or (8) bodily injury or property damage resulting from your operation or use of a
vehicle owned by you, other than a covered
vehicle.