Washington — animal cruelty in the first degree (RCW 16.52.205)
Washington's RCW 16.52.205 defines animal cruelty in the first degree (a felony), covering intentional infliction of substantial pain/injury/killing by undue suffering, and negligent starvation/dehydration/exposure.
Source: Washington RCW 16.52.205 (Animal cruelty in the first degree), app.leg.wa.gov, extracted 2026-07-24 via Tokyo relay (Playwright). First-hand statute text; C1 substring-verified against pdf-raw/animal-welfare-law/wa_16_52_205_cruelty.txt.
Verbatim C1 claims (each a substring of the source file):
- "RCW 16.52.205"
- "Animal cruelty in the first degree."
- "A person is guilty of animal cruelty in the first degree when, except as authorized in law, he or she intentionally (a) inflicts substantial pain on, (b) causes physical injury to, or (c) kills an animal by a means causing undue suffering or while manifesting an extreme indifference to life, or forces a minor to inflict unnecessary pain, injury, or death on an animal."
- "with criminal negligence, starves, dehydrates, or suffocates an animal, or exposes an animal to excessive heat or cold"