Section 5533 - Cruelty to animal(a)Offense defined.--A person commits an offense if the person intentionally, knowingly or recklessly illtreats, overloads, beats, abandons or abuses an animal.(b)Grading.-- (1) Except as set forth in paragraph (2), a violation of this section is a summary offense.(2) If the violation causes bodily injury to the animal or places the animal at imminent risk of serious bodily injury, a violation of this section is a misdemeanor of the second degree.Added by P.L. TBD 2017 No. 10, § 4, eff. 8/27/2017.