2387 - Inapplicability of penal cruelty to animals statutes.

     § 2387.  Inapplicability of penal cruelty to animals statutes.        No action taken by the department or decision not to act made     by the department or condition or action required of another by     the written instruction of the department shall be construed as     cruelty to animals under any penal statute of this Commonwealth     provided that such an action, decision or condition is taken,     made or required under the authority of this chapter and its     attendant regulations.