Is it a Crime to Tip a Cow?

The Criminal Code has prohibitions on injuring animals, such as section 444, which specifically protects cattle. This section states that an offence is committed when a person willfully kills, maims, wounds, poisons, or injures cattle, or places poison in such a position that it may easily be consumed by cattle.

Injuring or Endangering Cattle 

Outlines that an offence is committed when anyone willfully kills, maims, wounds, poisons, or injures cattle, or when they place poison in such a position that could easily be consumed by cattle. Should anyone commit these offences, they could be guilty of an indictable offence leading to imprisonment for a term of not more than five years, or an offence punishable on summary conviction liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars or imprisonment for not more than eighteen months, or both.

Possible Punishments 

As stated in the "Punishment" section, anyone who commits the detailed offences could face severe consequences. They could be guilty of an indictable offence resulting in imprisonment for a term of not more than five years. 

Alternatively, the offender could be facing an offence punishable on summary conviction liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars or imprisonment for not more than eighteen months, or even both.