(1) it's a violation of this statute if the suspect knowingly:

(a) takes, appropriates, obtains or withholds a livestock animal from its owner or derives benefit from a livestock animal without the owner's consent OR

(b) takes or holds a livestock animal & so obtains the use of the animal to breed, bear or raise offspring without the consent of its owner

(2) except as otherwise provided by law, offspring born to a female livestock animal or hatched from the egg of a female livestock animal belong to the owner of the the animal until they transfer ownership of the offspring