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HARRY HUGHES, Governor
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(2) KNOWINGLY OBTAIN OR PERMIT ANY BUILDING,
STRUCTURE, SHED, ROOM, YARD, GROUNDS, OR OTHER PREMISES TO BE
USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF COCKFIGHTING.
(B) ANY ANIMAL SEIZED BY ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR
ANIMAL WARDEN IN THE COURSE OF AN INVESTIGATION INTO A POSSIBLE
VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL:
(1) BECOME THE PROPERTY OF A HUMANE SOCIETY OR AN
ANIMAL CONTROL AGENCY; AND
(2) BE TREATED HUMANELY DISPOSED OF IF, IN THE
OPINION OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR ANIMAL WARDEN OR AN
AGENT OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY, THIS ACTION IS NECESSARY FOR THE
HUMANE CARE OR ALLEVIATION OF SUFFERING OF THE ANIMAL.
(C) THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, GAME WARDEN, OR AGENT OF A
HUMANE SOCIETY IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE RESULTING FROM THEIR
ACTIONS TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
(D) (1) ANY PERSON WHO VIOLATES ANY PROVISION OF SUBSECTION
(A) OF THIS SECTION IS:
(I) GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND, ON CONVICTION,
IS SUBJECT TO A FINE NOT EXCEEDING $1,000 OR IMPRISONMENT NOT
EXCEEDING 90 DAYS OR BOTH; AND
(II) EQUALLY AND SEVERALLY LIABLE FOR ALL COSTS
OF THE SEIZURE AND TREATMENT OF ANY ANIMAL INVOLVED WITH
COCKFIGHTING.
(2) EVERY SEPARATE ACT THAT CONSTITUTES A VIOLATION
OF SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION IS PUNISHABLE AS A SEPARATE AND
DISTINCT OFFENSE.
59.
Any person who (1) overdrives, overloads, deprives of
necessary sustenance, tortures, torments, cruelly beats,
mutilates or cruelly kills; or (2) causes, procures or
authorizes these acts; or (3) having the charge or custody of an
animal, either as owner or otherwise, inflicts unnecessary
suffering or pain upon the animal, or unnecessarily fails to
provide the animal with nutritious food in sufficient quantity,
necessary veterinary care, proper drink, air, space, shelter or
protection from the weather, OR USES OR PERMITS TO BE USED ANY
BIRD, FOWL, OR COCK FOR THE PURPOSE OF FIGHTING WITH ANY OTHER
ANIMAL WHICH IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS COCKFIGHTING, is guilty of a
misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding
$1,000 or by imprisonment not to exceed 90 days, or both.
Customary and normal veterinary and agricultural husbandry
practices including but not limited to dehorning, castration,
docking tails, and limit feeding, are not covered by the
provisions of this section. In the case of activities in which
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