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Crimes Without ConsequenCes
Maine
Section 17:1031 Cruelty to animals
5. Exception. … This section may not be construed to prohibit the disposal of farm
animals using an acceptable animal husbandry practice.
Michigan
Section 750.50 Cruelty to animals
(8) This section does not prohibit the lawful killing or other use of an animal, including,
but not limited to, the following:
(f) Farming or a generally accepted animal husbandry or farming practice
involving livestock.
Missouri
Section 578.007 Miscellaneous offenses – acts and facilities to which sections 578.005 to
578.023 do not apply
(8) With respect to farm animals, normal or accepted practices of animal husbandry;
Montana
Section 45-8-211 Cruelty to animals – exceptions
(4) This section does not prohibit:
(b) the use of commonly accepted agricultural and livestock practices on
livestock;
Oregon
Chapter 167. Offenses against public health, decency and animals
167.310 Definitions
As used in ORS 167.310 to 167.350:
(3) “Good animal husbandry” includes, but is not limited to, the dehorning of cattle, the
docking of horses, sheep or swine, and the castration or neutering of livestock, according
to accepted practices of veterinary medicine or animal husbandry.
167.335 Exemption from ORS 167.315 to 167.333. Unless gross negligence can be
shown, the provisions of ORS 167.315 to 167.333 do not apply to:
(4) Animals subject to good animal husbandry practices;
Pennsylvania
Section 18-5511 Cruelty to animals
(c) … This subsection shall not apply to activity undertaken in normal agricultural
operation.
South Carolina
Section 47-1-40 Ill-treatment of animals generally
(c) This section does not apply to fowl, accepted husbandry practices of farm operations
[emphasis added] and the training of animals, the practice of veterinary medicine,
agricultural practices [emphasis added], forestry and silvacultural practices, wildlife
management practices, or activity authorized by Title 50.
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