Pursuant to Section § 828.13, Florida Statues, any person who is the owner, possessor, or
caregiver, or has charge or custody of any animal who abandons such animal to suffer injury or
malnutrition or abandons any animal in or on a street, road or public place without providing for
the care, sustenance, protection and shelter of such animal is guilty of a misdemeanor of the
first degree, punishable as provided in F.S. § 775.082, or a fine of not more than $5,000 or by
both punishment and a fine.