Laws

Sec. 4. 16 V.S.A. § 912

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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 right to be excused from participating in any lesson, exercise, or assessment requiring the student to dissect, vivisect, or otherwise harm or destroy an animal or any part of an animal, or to observe any of these activities, as part of a course of instruction.

Animal Research

NY CLS Agr & M § 353-c (2008)

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§ 353-c. Electrocution of fur-bearing animals prohibited

Wildlife

Chimpanzee Health Improvement, Maintenance and Protection Act, 42 USCS § 287a-3a

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§ 287a-3a. Sanctuary system for surplus chimpanzees

Animal Research

A.R.S. § 11-1022

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§ 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:

1. The dog or cat has been first surgically spayed or neutered.

2. There is no veterinary facility capable of performing surgical sterilization within a twenty mile radius of the pound or shelter.

Spay-Neuter

A.R.S. § 28-2422

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§ 28-2422. Spaying and neutering of animals special plates

Spay-Neuter

A.R.S. § 28-2422.01

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§ 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 by the governor:

1. Two members, each representing a different humane society that is incorporated in this state and that does not provide animal control services.

2. Two members, each representing a different animal control entity that is not affiliated with a humane society.

Spay-Neuter

A.R.S. § 28-2422.02

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§ 28-2422.02. Spaying and neutering of animals fund; definitions

Spay-Neuter

Conn. Gen. Stat. Sec. 22-350a

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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 offense, not less than one hundred dollars or more than two hundred fifty dollars for a second offense, and not less than two hundred fifty dollars or more than five hundred dollars for any subsequent offense.

Tethering-Penning

H.B. 4551

lauraallen — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:59:17 -0700

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, Wojno, Lemmons, Jackson, Young, Mayes, Ebli, Gonzales, Hammel, Hammon, Hopgood, Bieda and Rick Jones

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4551

7 USCS § 2156

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§ 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 knowingly sponsor or exhibit an animal in an animal fighting venture, if any animal in the venture was moved in interstate or foreign commerce.

Dog Fighting

Georgia Humane Euthansia Act, O.C.G.A. §4-11-5.1

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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 of sodium pentobarbital or a derivative of it shall be the exclusive method for euthanasia of dogs and cats by animal shelters or other facilities which are operated for the collection and care of stray, neglected, abandoned, or unwanted animals. A lethal solution shall be used in the following order of preference:

Gas Chambers

Ohio Rev. Code § 955.221

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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, keeping, or harboring of dogs, the restraint of dogs, dogs as public nuisances, and dogs as a threat to public health, safety, and welfare, except that such ordinances or resolutions as permitted in division

Breed Bans

Sec. 701-5

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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;

Breed Bans

Sec. 701-4

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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 a competent adult.

b. When not on the premises, securely restrained with a leash, not exceeding six feet in length, and under the control of a competent adult.

(Ordained by Ord. No. 460-1999, eff. Dec. 24, 1999)

Breed Bans

Sec. 701-2

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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 unleashed if either of the following is applicable:

a. The dog is in training, a competition, or show or

b. The dog is on property with the permission of the property owner.

(Ordained by Ord. No. 460-1999, eff. Dec. 24, 1999)

Breed Bans

Sec. 701-1-V

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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 or in part for the purpose of dog fighting; or

(3) is a dog commonly defined as a pit bull; or

(4) has been used in the commission of a crime.

(Ordained by Ord. No. 460-1999, eff. Dec. 24, 1999)

Breed Bans

Sec. 701-9

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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 than $50,000, protecting against injury or death caused by such vicious dog. The owner or harborer, or in the event the owner or harborer is a minor, the owner's or harborer's parent or guardian shall provide the Cincinnati Police Division with proof of the insurance required herein.

(Ordained by Ord. No. 460-1999, eff. Dec. 24, 1999)

Breed Bans

Sec. 701-8

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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 other subsections as indicated herein.

a. Have the dangerous dog identified using a micro chip inserted between the top of the dog=s shoulder blades at the withers, by an individual licensed to practice veterinary medicine in the state of Ohio.

Breed Bans

Sec. 701-7

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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 vicious dog, which is over the age of six months, at one time.

This provision shall not apply to any animal shelter or veterinary clinic as long as the dangerous and/or vicious dogs are registered and insured in accordance with Chapter 701.

(Ordained by Ord. No. 460-1999, eff. Dec. 24, 1999; a. Ord. No. 370-2003, eff. Nov. 13, 2003)

Breed Bans

Sec. 701-10

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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, eff. Dec. 24, 1999)

Breed Bans

Sec. 701-6

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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 pursuant to this chapter.

(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to own, keep, possess, control, or harbor a pit bull terrier; as defined herein, within the municipal limits of Cincinnati.

Breed Bans

Code of Ala. § 3-6-1 Generally.

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§ 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 person so bitten or injured, but such liability shall arise only when the person so bitten or injured is upon property owned or controlled by the owner of such dog at the time such bite or injury occurs or when such person has been immediately prior to such time on such property and has been pursued therefrom by such dog.

Breed Bans

Code of Ala. § 3-1-3 Vicious or dangerous animals, owner's liability.

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§ 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, without fault on his part, is injured thereby, such owner or keeper shall be liable in damages for such injury.

Breed Bans

W. Va. Code § 61-8-19b Attendance at animal fighting ventures prohibited; penalty

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§ 61-8-19b

Dog Fighting

W. Va. Code § 61-8-19a Animal fighting ventures prohibited

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§ 61-8-19a

Dog Fighting

W. Va. Code § 61-8-23 Search without warrant where there is an exhibition of the fighting of birds or animals

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§ 61-8-23

Dog Fighting

W. Va. Code § 61-8-22 Search warrants relating to birds and animals kept for fighting

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§ 61-8-22

Dog Fighting

Wyo. Stat. § 6-3-203

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§ 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:

(i) Overrides an animal or drives an animal when overloaded; or

(ii) Unnecessarily or cruelly beats, tortures, torments, injures, mutilates or attempts to kill an animal; or

(iii) Carries an animal in a manner that poses undue risk of injury or death.

Animal Cruelty

Rev. Code Wash. (RCW) § 16.52.300

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§ 16.52.300. Dogs or cats used as bait -- Seizure -- Limitation

Dog Fighting

RCW § 16.52.117. Animal fighting -- Prohibited behavior -- Class C felony -- Exception

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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) Owns, possesses, keeps, breeds, trains, buys, sells, or advertises or offers for sale any animal with the intent that the animal shall be engaged in an exhibition of fighting with another animal;

Dog Fighting

Wis. Stat. § 951.08

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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 allow any place to be used for a cockfight, dog fight, bullfight or other fight between the same or different kinds of animals or between an animal and a person. This section does not prohibit events or exhibitions commonly featured at rodeos or bloodless bullfights.

Dog Fighting

H.B. 1411

lauraallen — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 12:07:29 -0700

H.B. No. 1411

AN ACT

relating to the unlawful restraint of dogs; providing penalties.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 821, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Subchapter D to read as follows:

SUBCHAPTER D. UNLAWFUL RESTRAINT OF DOG

Sec. 821.076. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:

Tethering-Penning

Va. Code §18.2-403.2 Offenses involving animals -- Class 3 misdemeanors

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§ 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 dealer to provide adequate care to animals.

2. Violation of § 3.1-796.72 pertaining to the misrepresentation of an animal's condition by the shopkeeper or pet dealer.

3. Violation of § 3.1-796.73 pertaining to the abandonment of animals.

4. Violation of § 3.1-796.70 pertaining to the sale of baby fowl.

Dog Fighting

Va. Code § 3.1-796.124 Dogfighting; penalty

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§ 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 result of such fighting;

3. Receive money or anything of value for the admission of another person to a place for dogfighting;

4. Possess, own, train, transport, or sell any dog with the intent that such dog engage in an exhibition of fighting with another dog; or

Dog Fighting

13 V.S.A. § 364 Animal fights

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§ 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 fighting exhibition, a law enforcement officer or humane officer may seize any equipment associated with that activity.

Dog Fighting

13 V.S.A. § 352 Cruelty to animals

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§ 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 owner;

(2) overworks, overloads, tortures, torments, abandons, administers poison to, cruelly beats or mutilates an animal, or exposes a poison with intent that it be taken by an animal;

Animal Cruelty

Utah Code §76-9-301.6 Dog fighting exhibition -- Authority to arrest and take possession of dogs and property

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§ 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 being made for such an exhibition and, without a warrant, arrest all persons present.

Dog Fighting

Utah Code §76-9-301.1 Dog fighting -- Training dogs for fighting -- Dog fighting exhibitions

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§ 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 dog or cause a dog to injure another dog for amusement or gain;

(c) tie, attach, or fasten any live animal to a machine or device propelled by any power, for the purpose of causing the animal to be pursued by a dog; or

Dog Fighting

Utah Code Ann. § 76-9-301 Cruelty to animals

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§ 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 custody;

(b) abandons an animal in the person's custody;

(d) injures an animal;

(e) causes any animal, not including a dog, to fight with another animal of like kind for amusement or gain; or

Animal Cruelty

Tex. Penal Code § 42.10 Dog Fighting

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§ 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) participates in the earnings of or operates a facility used for dog
fighting;

(4) uses or permits another to use any real estate, building, room,
tent, arena, or other property for dog fighting;

(5) owns or trains a dog with the intent that the dog be used in an
exhibition of dog fighting; or

Dog Fighting

Tex. Penal Code § 42.09 Cruelty to Animals

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§ 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 person's custody;

(3) abandons unreasonably an animal in the person's custody;

(4) transports or confines an animal in a cruel manner;

(5) kills, seriously injures, or administers poison to an animal, other
than cattle, horses, sheep, swine, or goats, belonging to another
without legal authority or the owner's effective consent;

Animal Cruelty

Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 18.18 Disposition of gambling paraphernalia, prohibited weapon, criminal instrument, and other contr

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Art 18.18.

Dog Fighting

Tenn. Code §39-14-203 Cock and animal fighting.

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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 amusement, sport or gain;

(2) Cause, for amusement, sport or gain, any such animal to fight, bait or injure another animal, or each other;

(3) Permit any such acts stated in subdivisions (a)(1) and (2) to be done on any premises under the person's charge or control, or aid or abet such act; or

Dog Fighting

S.D. Codified Laws § 40-1-10.1 Dog fighting -- Penalty

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§ 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 amusement or gain cause any dog to fight with another dog or cause any dog to injure another dog; or

(3) Permit the activity prohibited by this section or § 40-1-11.1 to be done on any premises under his charge or control, or aid or abet any activity prohibited by this section or § 40-1-11.1.

A violation of this section or § 40-1-11.1 is a Class 6 felony.

Dog Fighting

2006 S.C. Acts 345; 2005 S.C. S.B. 229; 2005 S.C. R. 384

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Dog Fighting

S.C. Code §47-3-740 Owning or harboring animal for fighting or attacking humans or domestic animals prohibited, etc.

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§ 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 person may own or harbor an animal for the purpose of fighting or train, torment, badger, bait, or use an animal for the purpose of causing or encouraging the animal to unprovoked attacks upon human beings or domestic animals.

Dog Fighting

S.C. Code §16-27-80 Inapplicability of chapter to dogs used for hunting or field trials; requirement of permit for "Fox-pen-tria

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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 used for the purpose of hunting or for dogs used in field trials in more commonly known as "water races", "Treeing Contests", "Coon-on-a-log", "Bear-Baying", or "Fox-pen-trials". Such "Fox-pen-trials" must be approved by permit for field trials by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.

History:

1986 Act No. 491, § 9; 1993 Act No.181, § 276.

Dog Fighting

S.C. Code §16-27-60 Inapplicability of chapter to certain activities

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§ 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 participate in hunting in accordance with the game and wildlife laws of this State and regulations of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources;

(2) using any animal to work livestock for agricultural purposes;

(3) properly training or using dogs for law enforcement purposes or protection of persons and private property.

Dog Fighting

S.C. Code §16-27-50 Seizure of, and care for, animals; disposition of animals in event of conviction.

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Legislative Alert:

See section 2.

§ 16-27-50. Seizure of, and care for, animals; disposition of animals in event of conviction.

Dog Fighting

S.C. Code § 16-27-40 Acts constituting misdemeanors, etc.

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§ 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 any structure, facility, or location where preparations are being made for the purpose of fighting or baiting any animal with knowledge that those preparations are being made, or

Dog Fighting