Those are the words. In reality, there is little the overtaxed animal control people can do if there is no gross neglect visible. Mental torture is not a checkpoint.
I'd like to see the owner on a short chain with a bowl of damp mush.
And he's still chained outside, that is grounds for them to take him away. If the owner isn't home and the temperature drops again, call them and tell them there is a dog outside in the cold.
Nightowl >8#
"To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are." Eric Hoffer