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 ...

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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, ...

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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. 701-6. 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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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: 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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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: Wyoming   § 6-3-203  Cruelty to animals; penalties; limitation on manner of destruction   (a) A person commits cruelty to animals if he knowingly and with intent to cause death, injury or undue suffering:    ( ...

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

State: West Virginia   § 61-8-22   If complaint is made to a court or magistrate authorized to issue warrants in criminal cases that the complainant believes, and has reasonable cause to believe, that preparations are bein ...

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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

State: Washington   RCW § 16.52.117. Animal fighting -- Prohibited behavior -- Class C felony -- Exceptions    (1) A person commits the crime of animal fighting if the person knowingly does any of the following:    (a) O ...

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State: Washington § 16.52.300. Dogs or cats used as bait -- Seizure -- Limitation    (1) If any person commits the crime of animal cruelty in the first or second degree by using or trapping to use domestic dogs or cats as bait, p ...

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State: Texas § 42.09. (a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly: (1) tortures an animal; (2) fails unreasonably to provide necessary food, care, or shelter for an animal in the perso ...

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State: Texas § 42.10. (a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly: (1) causes a dog to fight with another dog; (2) for a pecuniary benefit causes a dog to fight with another dog; (3) partici ...

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State: Utah § 76-9-301. (1) A person is guilty of cruelty to animals if the person intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or with criminal negligence: (a) fails to provide necessary food, care, or shelter for an animal in his c ...

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State: Utah § 76-9-301.1. (1) It is unlawful for any person to: (a) own, possess, keep, or train a dog with the intent to engage it in an exhibition of fighting with another dog; (b) cause a dog to fight with another do ...

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State: Utah § 76-9-301.6. (1) A peace officer as defined in Title 53, Chapter 13, Peace Officer Classifications, may enter any place, building, or tenement where an exhibition of dog fighting is occurring, or where preparations are b ...

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State: Vermont § 352. A person commits the crime of cruelty to animals if the person: (1) intentionally kills or attempts to kill any animal belonging to another person without first obtaining legal authority or consent of the ...

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