How severe is animal cruelty?

animal cruelty looks like an animal real skinny, injured, sick, and just real unhealthy. if you never see the owners around feeding, bathing, or paying any attention to the animal at all then more then likely its animal neglect which is almost the same thing as animal cruelty. if people beat there animals then that's cruelty. if they keep them tied up on a short leash so where they will have to stand in there own "mess" then that's cruelty.

please help stop animal cruelty and neglect!