(a)       Any person who:

          (1)       Overrides, overdrives, overloads, tortures, illtreats, abandons (as defined in section 4-6 of this article), willfully inflicts inhumane injury or pain, not connected with a bona fide scientific or medical experimentation, upon or cruelly or unnecessarily beats, maims, mutilates or kills, any animal, whether belonging to himself or another, or deprives any animal of necessary sustenance, food, drink or shelter, or emergency veterinary treatment; or

          (2)       Sores any equine for any purpose or administers drugs or medications to alter or mask such soring for the purpose of sales, show, or exhibition of any kind, unless such administration of drugs or medications is within the context of a veterinary client-patient relationship and solely for therapeutic purposes; or

          (3)       Willfully sets on foot, instigates, engages in or in any way furthers any act of cruelty to any animal; or

          (4)       Carries or causes to be carried in or upon any vehicle or vessel or otherwise any animal in a cruel, brutal or inhumane manner, so as to produce torture or unnecessary suffering; or

          (5)       Causes any of the above things, or being the owner of such animal permits such acts to be done by another;

shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor.

(b)      Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the dehorning of cattle.

(c)       The word "animal," used in this section, shall be construed to include birds and fowl.

(d)       In addition to the penalties provided in subsection (a), the court may, in its discretion, require any person convicted of a violation of this section to attend an anger management or other appropriate treatment program or obtain psychiatric or psychological counseling. The court may impose the costs of such a program or counseling upon the person convicted.

(e)       Any person convicted of violating this section may be prohibited by the court from possession or ownership of companion animals.