No person owning or responsible for the care of an animal may neglect, abandon, or mistreat the animal, except that any person may abandon a feral cat for which the person assumed responsibility with the sole purpose of spaying or neutering the cat. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
S.D. Codified Laws § 40-1-2.3
Neglect, abandonment, or mistreatment of animal--Exception--Penalty
Source: SL 1991, ch 331, § 3; SL 2014, ch 194, § 3; SL 2024, ch 169, § 1.
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