State: Colorado Sec. 14-75.  (a)   Prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to have, own, possess, keep, exercise control over, maintain, harbor, transport, or sell within the city any pit bull or restricted breed of dog.  ...

Law - lauraallen - 4 Jun 2008 - 8:29pm - 0 comments

State: Oregon 600.150. Prohibition against restrictive confinement.    (1) As used in this section: (a) "Pig" means a porcine animal of a type maintained as livestock. (b) "Turning around freely" means ha ...

Law - lauraallen - 28 May 2008 - 11:18pm - 0 comments

State: Vermont Sec. 4.  16 V.S.A. § 912 is added to read: § 912.  PUPIL'S RIGHT OF REFUSAL; ANIMAL DISSECTION (a)  A student in a public elementary or secondary school or an approved independent school shall have the ri ...

Law - lauraallen - 7 May 2008 - 5:15pm - 0 comments

State: New York § 353-c.   Electrocution of fur -bearing animals prohibited    1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall intentionally kill, or stun to facilitate the killing of, a fur-bearing animal by mean ...

Law - lauraallen - 5 May 2008 - 7:29pm - 0 comments

State:  § 287a-3a.  Sanctuary system for surplus chimpanzees (a) In general. The Secretary shall provide for the establishment and operation in accordance with this section of a system to provide for the lifetime care of chimpan ...

Law - lauraallen - 19 Apr 2008 - 6:57pm - 0 comments

State: Arizona § 11-1022. Sterilization of impounded dogs and cats; definition    A. A dog or cat shall not be released for adoption from a county, city or town pound or from an animal shelter unless one of the following applies ...

Law - lauraallen - 26 Mar 2008 - 7:15pm - 0 comments

State: Arizona § 28-2422. Spaying and neutering of animals special plates    A. The department shall issue spaying and neutering of animals special plates. The companion animal spay and neuter committee established by section ...

Law - lauraallen - 26 Mar 2008 - 7:13pm - 0 comments

State: Arizona § 28-2422.01. Companion animal spay and neuter committee    A. The companion animal spay and neuter committee is established consisting of the following seven members who reside in this state and who are appointed ...

Law - lauraallen - 26 Mar 2008 - 7:11pm - 0 comments

State: Arizona § 28-2422.02. Spaying and neutering of animals fund; definitions    A. The spaying and neutering of animals fund is established consisting of monies received pursuant to section 28-2422 . The companion animal s ...

Law - lauraallen - 26 Mar 2008 - 7:09pm - 0 comments

State: Connecticut § 53-247. (a) Any person who overdrives, drives when overloaded, overworks, tortures, deprives of necessary sustenance, mutilates or cruelly beats or kills or unjustifiably injures any animal, or who, having impounded o ...

Law - lauraallen - 12 Jan 2008 - 10:25pm - 0 comments

State: Connecticut Tethering and confining of dog for unreasonable period of time. Fine. Any person who confines or tethers a dog for an unreasonable period of time shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars for the first offens ...

Law - lauraallen - 12 Jan 2008 - 10:17pm - 0 comments

State: Michigan   December 20, 2007 EFFECTIVE DATE: April 1, 2008 STATE OF MICHIGAN 94TH LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION OF 2007 Introduced by Reps. Espinoza, Polidori, Byrum, Byrnes, Brown, LeBlanc, Kathleen Law, ...

Law - lauraallen - 28 Dec 2007 - 9:59pm - 0 comments

State: § 2156.  Animal fighting venture prohibition (a) Sponsoring or exhibiting an animal in an animal fighting venture.    (1) In general. Except as provided in paragraph (2), it shall be unlawful for any person to knowingl ...

Law - lauraallen - 17 Dec 2007 - 12:15am - 0 comments

State: Georgia 4-11-5.1. Euthanasia of dogs and cats by animal shelters or facilities operated for collection of stray, neglected, abandoned, or unwanted animals. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, the use ...

Law - lauraallen - 14 Dec 2007 - 5:08pm - 0 comments

State: Ohio Local ordinances or resolutions to control dogs. (A) For the purposes of this section, ordinances or resolutions to control dogs include, but are not limited to, ordinances or resolutions concerned with the ownership, k ...

Law - lauraallen - 10 Dec 2007 - 9:46pm - 0 comments

State: Ohio Sec. 701-7. Possession of a Dangerous or Vicious Dog Limited. It shall be unlawful for any person to own or harbor more than three dangerous dogs. It shall be unlawful for any person to own or harbor more than one vici ...

Law - lauraallen - 10 Oct 2007 - 5:15am - 0 comments

State: Ohio Sec. 701-8. Dangerous and Vicious Dogs to be Registered. The owner or harborer of a dangerous and/or vicious dog shall, within seven days of possession, comply with subsections a through c of this section; and with all othe ...

Law - lauraallen - 10 Oct 2007 - 5:15am - 0 comments

State: Ohio Sec. 701-9. Liability Insurance Required. The owner or harborer of a vicious dog, or in event the owner is a minor, the owner's parent or guardian shall obtain and keep in force liability insurance, in an amount of not less ...

Law - lauraallen - 10 Oct 2007 - 5:15am - 0 comments

State: Ohio Sec. 701-1-V. Vicious Dog. "Vicious dog" shall mean any dog which: (1)   without provocation, has inflicted severe injury on a person; or (2)   has been trained for dog fighting or is kept primarily ...

Law - lauraallen - 10 Oct 2007 - 5:15am - 0 comments

State: Ohio Sec. 701-2. Leash Required. The owner or harborer of a harmless dog, not on the premises or in a motor vehicle, shall keep said dog on a leash of such length to keep the dog from annoying others. A harmless dog may be unlea ...

Law - lauraallen - 10 Oct 2007 - 5:15am - 0 comments

State: Ohio Sec. 701-4. Dangerous Dog to be Properly Confined or Leashed. The owner or harborer of a dangerous dog shall keep said dog: a.   When outdoors and on the premises in a securely fenced area or on a leash controlled by ...

Law - lauraallen - 10 Oct 2007 - 5:15am - 0 comments

State: Ohio Sec. 701-5. Vicious Dog to be Properly Confined or Leashed. The owner or harborer of a vicious dog shall: a.   When the dog is indoors secure all means of egress so that the dog may not exit; b.   When the dog ...

Law - lauraallen - 10 Oct 2007 - 5:15am - 0 comments

State: Ohio Sec. 701-6. Possession of a Dangerous or Vicious Dog Prohibited. (1)   It shall be unlawful for any person to own or harbor a dangerous or vicious dog that is not a pit bull terrier unless said dog has been registered pu ...

Law - lauraallen - 10 Oct 2007 - 5:15am - 0 comments

State: Ohio Sec. 701-10. Pit Bull Identification. A pit bull may be identified by veterinarian licensed by the state of Ohio, the Hamilton County dog warden, or a deputy Hamilton County dog warden. (Ordained by Ord. No. 460-1999, e ...

Law - lauraallen - 10 Oct 2007 - 5:15am - 0 comments

State: West Virginia § 61-8-23   Any officer authorized to serve criminal process may, without warrant, enter any place, building, or tenement in which there is an exhibition of the fighting of birds, dogs, or other animals, or ...

Law - lauraallen - 10 Oct 2007 - 5:15am - 0 comments

State: West Virginia   § 61-8-19a   (a)  It is unlawful for any person to engage in, be employed at, or sell an admission to any animal fighting venture. (b)  Any person who violates the provisions of this sect ...

Law - lauraallen - 10 Oct 2007 - 5:15am - 0 comments

State: West Virginia   § 61-8-19b   (a)  It is unlawful for any person to knowingly attend an animal fighting venture involving animals as provided in subsections (a) and (b), section nineteen-a [§ 61-8-19a], article ...

Law - lauraallen - 10 Oct 2007 - 5:15am - 0 comments

State: Alabama   § 3-1-3.   When any person owns or keeps a vicious or dangerous animal of any kind and, as a result of his careless management of the same or his allowing the same to go at liberty, and another person, wit ...

Law - lauraallen - 10 Oct 2007 - 5:15am - 0 comments

State: Alabama   § 3-6-1.     If any dog shall, without provocation, bite or injure any person who is at the time at a place where he or she has a legal right to be, the owner of such dog shall be liable in damages to the per ...

Law - lauraallen - 10 Oct 2007 - 5:15am - 0 comments

State: Wisconsin   951.08. Instigating fights between animals. (1) No person may intentionally instigate, promote, aid or abet as a principal, agent or employee, or participate in the earnings from, or intentionally maintain or a ...

Law - lauraallen - 10 Oct 2007 - 5:13am - 0 comments