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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 6195
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
C 226 L 90
State of Washington 51st Legislature 1990 Regular Session
By Senate Committee on Environment & Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Senators Kreidler and Moore)
Read first time 1/25/90.
AN ACT Relating to animals; adding a new section to chapter 16.52 RCW; and prescribing penalties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 16.52 RCW to read as follows:
(1) Any person who uses domestic dogs or cats as bait, prey, or targets for the purpose of training dogs or other animals to track, fight, or hunt, in such a fashion as to torture, torment, deprive of necessary sustenance, cruelly beat, or mutilate such animals, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(2) Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, and whose actions result in the death of the animal, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
(3) Any person who captures by trap a domestic dog or cat to be used as bait, prey, or targets for the purpose of training dogs or other animals to track, fight, or hunt, in such a fashion as to torture, torment, deprive of necessary sustenance, cruelly beat, or mutilate such animals, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(4) Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (3) of this section, and whose actions result in the death of the animal, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
(5) If a person violates this section, law enforcement authorities shall seize and hold the animals being trained. Such animals shall be disposed of by the court pursuant to the provisions of RCW 16.52.200(3).
(6) This section shall not in any way interfere with or impair the operation of any provision of Title 28B RCW, relating to higher education or biomedical research.