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                          HOUSE BILL 2746

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State of Washington      53rd Legislature     1994 Regular Session

By Representatives Chappell and Campbell

Read first time 01/21/94.  Referred to Committee on Judiciary.

Revising provision relating to animal cruelty.

    AN ACT Relating to animal cruelty; and amending RCW 16.52.095.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

    Sec. 1.  RCW 16.52.095 and Code 1881 s 840 are each amended to read as follows:

    It shall not be lawful for any person to cut off more than one-half of the ear or ears of any domestic animal such as an ox, cow, bull, calf, sheep, goat or hog, and any person cutting off more than one-half of the ear or ears of any such animals, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be fined in any sum less than twenty dollars.  This section does not apply if cutting off more than one-half of the ear of the animal is a customary husbandry practice that is conducted under supervision of a licensed veterinarian.

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