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- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53-247 (2006) Cruelty to animals. Animals engaged in exhibition of fighting. Intentional injury or killing of
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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- Tex. Penal Code § 42.09 Cruelty to Animals
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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- Tex. Penal Code § 42.10 Dog Fighting
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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- Utah Code Ann. § 76-9-301 Cruelty to animals
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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- Utah Code §76-9-301.1 Dog fighting -- Training dogs for fighting -- Dog fighting exhibitions
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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- Utah Code §76-9-301.6 Dog fighting exhibition -- Authority to arrest and take possession of dogs and property
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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- 13 V.S.A. § 352 Cruelty to animals
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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- 13 V.S.A. § 364 Animal fights
State: Vermont § 364. (a) A person who participates in a fighting exhibition of animals shall be in violation of subdivisions 352(5) and (6) of this title. (b) In addition to seizure of fighting birds or animals involved in a fig ...
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- Va. Code § 3.1-796.124 Dogfighting; penalty
State: Virginia § 3.1-796.124. A. No person shall knowingly do any of the following: 1. Promote, engage in, or be employed in the fighting of dogs for amusement, sport or gain; 2. Wager money or anything of value on the ...
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- Va. Code §18.2-403.2 Offenses involving animals -- Class 3 misdemeanors
State: Virginia § 18.2-403.2. The following unlawful acts and offenses against animals shall constitute and be punished as a Class 3 misdemeanor: 1. Violation of § 3.1-796.71 pertaining to the failure of a shopkeeper or pet d ...
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- Tenn. Code §39-14-203 Cock and animal fighting.
State: Tennessee 39-14-203. (a) It is unlawful for any person to: (1) Own, possess, keep, use or train any bull, bear, dog, cock or other animal, for the purpose of fighting, baiting or injuring another such animal, for amusemen ...
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- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 18.18 Disposition of gambling paraphernalia, prohibited weapon, criminal instrument, and other contr
State: Texas Art 18.18. (a) Following the final conviction of a person for possession of a gambling device or equipment, altered gambling equipment, or gambling paraphernalia, for an offense involving a criminal instrument, for an of ...
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- S.C. Code Ann. § 16-27-10 Short title
State: South Carolina § 16-27-10. This chapter is known and may be cited as "The Animal Fighting and Baiting Act". History: 1986 Act No. 491, § 1. ...
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- S.C. Code §16-27-20 Definitions
State: South Carolina § 16-27-20. As used in this chapter: (a) "Animal" means any live vertebrate creature, domestic or wild. (b) "Fighting" means an attack with violence by an animal against another animal or a human. (c) "Ba ...
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- S.C. Code §16-27-30 Acts or omissions constituting felonies; penalties.
State: South Carolina § 16-27-30. Any person who: (a) owns an animal for the purpose of fighting or baiting; (b) is a party to or causes any fighting or baiting of any animal; (c) purchases, rents, leases, or otherwise ac ...
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- S.C. Code § 16-27-40 Acts constituting misdemeanors, etc.
State: South Carolina § 16-27-40. Acts constituting misdemeanors upon conviction of first or second offense and constituting felonies upon conviction of third or subsequent offense; penalties. Any person who: (a) is present at ...
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- S.C. Code §16-27-50 Seizure of, and care for, animals; disposition of animals in event of conviction.
State: South Carolina Legislative Alert: See section 2. § 16-27-50. Seizure of, and care for, animals; disposition of animals in event of conviction. Whenever an indictment is returned charging a violation of any provision ...
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- S.C. Code §16-27-60 Inapplicability of chapter to certain activities
State: South Carolina § 16-27-60. Inapplicability of chapter to certain activities and to game fowl. (a) The provisions of Section 16-27-30 do not apply to any person: (1) using any animal to pursue or take wildlife or to parti ...
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- S.C. Code §16-27-80 Inapplicability of chapter to dogs used for hunting or field trials; requirement of permit for "Fox-pen-tria
State: South Carolina Legislative Alert: -- See section 4. § 16-27-80. Inapplicability of chapter to dogs used for hunting or field trials; requirement of permit for "Fox-pen-trials". This chapter shall not apply to dogs u ...
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- S.C. Code §47-3-740 Owning or harboring animal for fighting or attacking humans or domestic animals prohibited, etc.
State: South Carolina § 47-3-740. Owning or harboring animal for fighting or attacking humans or domestic animals prohibited; selling, breeding, buying or attempting to buy, or intent to do same, prohibited; exceptions. (A) No pers ...
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- 2006 S.C. Acts 345; 2005 S.C. S.B. 229; 2005 S.C. R. 384
State: South Carolina SYNOPSIS: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 16-17-650, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO COCKFIGHTING, SO AS TO INCLUDE GAME FOWL TESTING IN THE OFFENSE, DEFINE THE TERM "ILLEGAL GAME FOWL TESTING", INCREASE THE ...
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- S.D. Codified Laws § 40-1-10.1 Dog fighting -- Penalty
State: South Dakota § 40-1-10.1. Notwithstanding §§ 40-1-9 and 40-1-10, no person may: (1) Own, possess, keep or train any dog with the intent to engage the dog in an exhibition of fighting with another dog; (2) For a ...
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- 18 Pa.C.S. § 5511 Cruelty to animals
State: Pennsylvania § 5511. (a) KILLING, MAIMING OR POISONING DOMESTIC ANIMALS OR ZOO ANIMALS, ETC.-- (1) A person commits a misdemeanor of the second degree if he willfully and maliciously: (i) Kills, maims or ...
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- R.I. Gen. Laws § 4-1-9 Animal fighting
State: Rhode Island § 4-1-9. Any person who causes or encourages the fighting of any bird, dog, or animal with any other bird, dog, or animal, or keeps or maintains any place for the fighting of birds, dogs, or animals, or who knowin ...
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- R.I. Gen. Laws § 4-1-10 Possession or training of fighting animals
State: Rhode Island § 4-1-10. Whoever owns, possesses, keeps or trains any bird, dog, or other animal, with the intent that that bird, dog, or animal engages in an exhibition of fighting, shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dol ...
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- S.C. Code §16-1-90 Crimes classified as felonies.
State: South Carolina § 16-1-90. Crimes classified as felonies. (A) The following offenses are Class A felonies and the maximum terms established for a Class A felony, as set forth in Section 16-1-20(A) , apply: ...
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- ORS § 167.372 Possessing dogfighting paraphernalia.
State: Oregon 167.372. (1) A person commits the crime of possessing dogfighting paraphernalia if the person owns or possesses dogfighting paraphernalia with the intent that the paraphernalia be used to train a dog as a fighting dog or ...
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- ORS § 167.375 Seizure of fighting dogs; procedure.
State: Oregon 167.375. (1) Pursuant to ORS 133.525 to 133.703, a judge may order the seizure of alleged fighting dogs owned, possessed or kept by any person. (2) The judge issuing an order for the seizure of a dog as provided in s ...
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- ORC Ann. 959.16 Dogfighting offenses; investigations; confiscation of dogs and equipment
State: Ohio § 959.16. (A) No person shall knowingly do any of the following: (1) Promote, engage in, or be employed at dogfighting; (2) Receive money for the admission of another person to a place kept for dogfightin ...
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- 21 Okl. St. § 1693 Definitions
State: Oklahoma § 1693. Definitions As used in this act: 1. "Equipment used for training or handling a fighting dog" includes harnesses, treadmills, cages, decoys, pens, houses, feeding apparatuses, training pens and other ...
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