§ 6-5-211 — Injuring or killing a police dog, fire dog, search and rescue dog or police horse prohibited; penalties

(a) Any person who knowingly, willfully and without lawful
cause or justification permanently disables or inflicts death
upon any animal defined in subsection (b) of this section shall
be liable for restitution by order of a court and shall be
guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than
ten (10) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars
($10,000.00), or both.
(b) As used in this section:
(i) "Police dog" means any dog that is owned, or the
service of which is employed, by a law enforcement or
corrections agency for the principal purpose of aiding in the
detection of criminal activity, enforcement of laws or
apprehension of offenders;
(ii) "Police horse" means any horse that is owned, or
the service of which is employed, by a law enforcement or
corrections agency for the principal purpose of aiding in the
detection of criminal activity, enforcement of laws or
apprehension of offenders;
(iii) "Fire dog" means any dog that is owned, or the
service of which is employed, by a fire department, a special
fire district or the state fire marshal for the principal
purpose of aiding in the detection of flammable materials or the
investigation of fires;
(iv) "Search and rescue dog" means any search and
rescue dog that is owned, or the service of which is utilized,
by a fire department, a law enforcement or corrections agency, a
special fire district or the state fire marshal for the
principal purpose of aiding in the detection of missing persons,
including persons who are lost, who are trapped under debris as
a result of a natural, manmade or technological disaster or who
are drowning victims.