CRIMES WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES - gpvec
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any hospital, educational institution or laboratory, while following generally accepted<br />
agricultural practices [emphasis added] or while lawfully engaged in the taking of<br />
wildlife.<br />
Georgia<br />
Section 16-12-4 Cruelty to animals<br />
(a) As used in this Code section, the term:<br />
(1) “Animal shall not include any fish nor shall such term include any pest that<br />
might be exterminated or removed from a business, residence, or other structure…<br />
(e) The provisions of this Code section shall not be construed as prohibiting conduct<br />
which is otherwise permitted under the laws of this state or of the United States,<br />
including, but not limited to, agricultural, animal husbandry [emphasis added],<br />
butchering, food processing, marketing, scientific, research, medical, zoological,<br />
exhibition, competitive, hunting, trapping, fishing, wildlife management, or pest control<br />
practices or the authorized practice of veterinary medicine nor to limit in any way the<br />
authority or duty of the Department of Agriculture, Department of Natural Resources,<br />
any county board of health, any law enforcement officer, dog, animal, or rabies control<br />
officer, humane society, veterinarian, or private landowner protecting his or her property.<br />
Idaho<br />
Section 25-3514 Cruelty to animals<br />
No part of this chapter shall be construed as interfering with or allowing interference<br />
with:<br />
(5) Normal or accepted practices of animal identification and animal husbandry;<br />
Indiana<br />
Section 35-46-3-12 Cruelty to an animal – Intentionally beating an animal<br />
(c) It is a defense to a prosecution under this section that the accused person:<br />
(2) engaged in a reasonable and recognized act of training, handling, or disciplining<br />
the vertebrate animal.<br />
Iowa<br />
Section 717B.3A Animal torture<br />
2. This section shall not apply to any of the following:<br />
c. A person carrying out a practice that is consistent with animal husbandry<br />
practices.<br />
Kansas<br />
Section 21-4310 Cruelty to animals<br />
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to:<br />
(6) with respect to farm animals, normal or accepted practices of animal<br />
husbandry;<br />
Kentucky<br />
Section 525.130 Cruelty to animals in the second degree – Exemptions<br />
(2) Nothing in this section shall apply to the killing of animals:<br />
(d) For veterinary, agricultural, spaying or neutering, or cosmetic purposes;<br />
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