Animal cruelty is the neglect of an animal, the illtreatment, overloading, beating, torturing, abandonment or abuse of an animal, tethering of unattended dog, transporting animals in cruel manner, the mutilation of an animal, or animal fighting.

The number of total animal abuse cases reported in Pennsylvania in 2018 was 4,063.

Animal abuse laws have changed a lot over the years. They have improved, gotten stronger, and help protect more animals.

Libre's law is one of the most prominent animal cruelty law in Pennsylvania; It is named after a Boston terrier who was found starving, covered in mange and left for dead at an Amish dog-breeding farm in Lancaster County in 2016.

Animal cruelty is more severe than realized: A man in Lebanon was charged with 18 counts of animal cruelty for aggravated crulety, torture of animals, and neglect of farmlife.

Two teens abused a dying deer in and took a video of their assault on the animal.