Do Not Beat The Animals

If you live in the Greater New York Metropolitan Tri-State area and have the sudden urge to microwave a cat, kick a pigeon over a park bench, light firecrackers under a turtle's shell, throw rocks at defenseless chihuahuas, shoot squirrels with a pump action BB gun, or even duct tape a raccoon to a skateboard, you might consider hightailing it over the Hudson to New Jersey where animal abuse is a misdemeanor.
Animal abuse - misdemeanor or felony? [Lisaviolet's Cathouse]