surya
, I see you are in Houston area so I don't know what's available there, but here in L.A. Metro there are smaller indy carriers who sell phones and plans for a lot less than the big corporations. I was with one called EXPO MOBILE for quite awhile and liked their service and their phones. You might want to do a search on independent cell phone carriers/plans/providers that service Houston and see if you don't find something you like. They mail the phone right to your home. 
I feel the same, intensely. But if we do not stand up for them, it will continue. They have no voice. We must be their voice. Out here in CA, a serial killer got 16 years recently, I believe in part because the cats (victims) had massive support online in petition signing and letter writing, and in court on the MANY court dates this cretin had. 16 years is nothing compared to what I advocate for -- capital punishment, as was law in ancient Egypt -- but it is significant in a society that trivializes the rights of the defenseless and places little or no value on life.
Such can feel overwhelming at times because we want to help them all, not leaving a single one behind. We each have our physical and mental limits, and then there is our day to day life, which we must maintain and not allow it to unravel (for lack of a better word). Life can be a bundle of tangled yarn with which we have to unravel.
Some days you want to 
under a rock. When you've done all that you can do...there is always one option left...and that is prayer to the Creator of all living creatures.
At least you have us to vent to and hopefully our support helps you cope at least a little bit. Please stay safe and keep us updated. 
Do you have a link to that law? I unfortunately don't think that's true, as South Dakota only recently made aggravated animal abuse a felony, and that only applies to deliberate torture. Farmers drown and shoot cats on a regular basis, and I'm told it's entirely legal. But if you have access to something that proves otherwise, I'd love to be able to use that!
I don't have a direct link but you can research the fact that it is so on ANIMALS 24/7, an online publication, or look it up in your State's laws. The "people" -- and I use that term VERY loosely -- who are committing those most heinous of crimes are murderers and they need to be arrested, prosecuted, and imprisoned.
