(IV) USE OR ALLOW TO BE USED A BIRD, FOWL, OR COCK TO FIGHT
WITH ANOTHER ANIMAL IN A COCKFIGHT; OR

(V) INTENTIONALLY INFLICT BODILY HARM, PERMANENT

DISABILITY, OR DEATH ON AN ANIMAL OWNED OR USED BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT
UNIT.

(2) A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS SUBSECTION IS GUILTY OF THE
FELONY OF AGGRAVATED CRUELTY TO ANIMALS AND IS SUBJECT TO;

(1) A FINE NOT EXCEEDING $5,000 OR IMPRISONMENT NOT
EXCEEDING 3 YEARS OR BOTH; AND

(II) AS A CONDITION OF SENTENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING
THAT IS TO BE PAID FOR BY THE DEFENDANT.

(C) (1) THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO CUSTOMARY AND NORMAL
VETERINARY AND AGRICULTURAL HUSBANDRY PRACTICES, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO DEHORNING, CASTRATION, DOCKING TAILS, AND LIMIT FEEDING.

(2) WHEN ACTIVITIES IN WHICH PHYSICAL PAIN MAY UNAVOIDABLY BE
CAUSED TO ANIMALS, SUCH AS FOOD PROCESSING, PEST ELIMINATION, ANIMAL
TRAINING, AND HUNTING, CRUELTY MEANS A FAILURE TO EMPLOY THE MOST
HUMANE METHOD REASONABLY AVAILABLE.

(3) IT IS THE INTENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT ALL ANIMALS,
WHETHER THEY ARE PRIVATELY OWNED, STRAYS, DOMESTICATED, FERAL, FARM,
CORPORATELY OR INSTITUTIONALLY OWNED, UNDER PRIVATE, LOCAL, STATE, OR
FEDERALLY FUNDED SCIENTIFIC OR MEDICAL ACTIVITIES, OR OTHERWISE
PHYSICALLY LOCATED IN THIS STATE SHALL BE PROTECTED FROM INTENTIONAL
CRUELTY. HOWEVER, NO PERSON SHALL BE LIABLE FOR CRIMINAL PROSECUTION
FOR NORMAL HUMAN ACTIVITIES IN WHICH THE INFLICTION OF PAIN TO AN ANIMAL
IS PURELY INCIDENTAL AND UNAVOIDABLE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1999.

Approved May 13, 1999.

CHAPTER 449
(House Bill 738)

AN ACT concerning

Family Law - Domestic Violence - Relief

FOR the purpose of authorizing a court to include in a temporary ex parte order or
protective order a provision ordering the respondent to remain away from the
place of any person providing a child care provider to a minor child of a person
eligible for relief from abuse while a child of the person is in the care of the child