§10–602.

    It is the intent of the General Assembly that each animal in the State be protected from intentional cruelty, including animals that are:

        (1)    privately owned;

        (2)    strays;

        (3)    domesticated;

        (4)    feral;

        (5)    farm animals;

        (6)    corporately or institutionally owned; or

        (7)    used in privately, locally, State, or federally funded scientific or medical activities.