Any person who wilfully and unlawfully kills, maims, or wounds, any animal capable of being stolen, is guilty of an offence.
If the animal in question is a horse, mare, gelding, ass, mule, camel, bull, cow, ox, goat, pig, ram, wether, or ostrich, or the young of any such animal, the offender is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for seven years.
In any other case the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor and is liable to imprisonment for two years.
Section 450 of the Criminal Code Act in Nigeria
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