CRIMES WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES - gpvec

Crimes Without ConsequenCes
Statutes Exempting Slaughter by Approved Methods:
Connecticut
Section 53-247 Cruelty to animals; fighting animals; intentional killing of police animal
(b) … The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any licensed veterinarian
while following accepted standards of practice of the profession or to any person while
following approved methods of slaughter under section 22-272a [emphasis added], while
performing medical research as an employee of, student in or person associated with
any hospital, educational institution or laboratory, while following generally accepted
agricultural practices or while lawfully engaged in the taking of wildlife.
Delaware
Section 1325 Cruelty to animals; class A misdemeanor; class F felony
(a) For the purpose of this section, the following words and phrases shall include, but not
be limited to, the meanings respectively ascribed to them as follows:
(11) “Animal” shall not include fish, crustacea or molluska…
(b) A person is guilty of cruelty to animals when the person intentionally or recklessly:
(4) Cruelly or unnecessarily kills or injures any animal whether belonging to the
actor or another. This section does not apply to the killing of any animal normally
or commonly raised for food for human consumption, provided that such killing is
not cruel [emphasis added]. A person acts unnecessarily if the act is not required to
terminate an animal’s suffering, to protect the life or property of the actor or another
person or if other means of disposing of an animal exist which would not impair the
health or well-being of that animal;
Idaho
Section 25-3514 Cruelty to animals
No part of this chapter shall be construed as interfering with or allowing interference
with:
(2) The humane slaughter of any animal normally and commonly raised for food or
for production of fiber;
Oregon
Chapter 167. Offenses against public health, decency and animals
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:
(5) The killing of livestock according to the provisions of ORS 603.065 [state humane
slaughter law];
South Dakota
Section 40-1-2.4 Inhumane treatment defined
For the purposes of this chapter and chapter 40-2, the inhumane treatment of an animal is
any act of mistreatment, torture, cruelty, neglect, abandonment, mutilation or inhumane
slaughter of an animal that is not consistent with generally accepted training, use and
husbandry procedures for the species, breed, physical condition and type of animal
[emphasis added].
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