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This bill proposes to add a new section to South Dakota Codified Law chapter 40-1, which deals with animal cruelty. Specifically, it establishes a new, more severe crime for animal cruelty committed in an "especially depraved, heinous, sadistic, or wicked manner." This means that if an act of animal cruelty is deemed particularly cruel or malicious, the offender will be guilty of a Class 4 felony, which is a more serious criminal offense than a misdemeanor and carries a harsher penalty.

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Justice

https://sdlegislature.gov/#/Session/Bill/26559