Section 578.173 Baiting or fighting animals

Section 578.173 Baiting or fighting animals — penalty.

MO Rev Stat § 578.173 (2019) (N/A)

Copy with citation

Copy as parenthetical citation

Effective 01 Jan 2017, see footnote

578.173. Baiting or fighting animals — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of baiting or fighting animals if he or she:

(1) Baits or fights animals;

(2) Permits baiting or animal fighting to be done on any premises under his or her charge or control;

(3) Promotes, conducts, or stages a baiting or fight between two or more animals;

(4) Advertises a baiting or fight between two or more animals;

(5) Collects any admission fee for a baiting or fight between two or more animals;

(6) Knowingly attends the baiting or fighting of animals;

(7) Knowingly sells, offers for sale, ships, or transports any animal which has been bred or trained to bait or fight another animal;

(8) Owns or possesses any of the cockfighting implements, commonly known as gaffs and slashers, or any other sharp implement designed to be attached to the leg of a gamecock; or

(9) Manufactures, sells, barters, or exchanges any of the cockfighting implements, commonly known as gaffs and slashers, or any other sharp implement designed to be attached to the leg of a gamecock.

2. The offense of baiting or fighting animals is a class E felony.

--------

(Adopted by Initiative, Proposition A, § B, November 3, 1998, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)

Effective 1-01-17

(2000) Proposition A did not violate constitutional requirements of single subject and clear title. United Gamefowl Breeders Ass'n. of Missouri v. Nixon, 19 S.W.3d 137 (Mo.banc).

Previous Section

Section 578.170 Definitions.

Next Section

Section 578.176 Bear wrestling — penalty.