Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
< > Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories, see footnote (history)*578.173. Until December 31, 2016 — Baiting or fighting animals — penalty. — Baiting or fighting animals — penalty.
1. Any person who commits any of the following acts is guilty of a class D felony:
(1) Baiting or fighting animals;
(2) Permitting baiting or animal fighting to be done on any premises under his charge or control;
(3) Promoting, conducting, or staging a baiting or fight between two or more animals;
(4) Advertising a baiting or fight between two or more animals;
(5) Collecting any admission fee for a baiting or fight between two or more animals.
2. Any person who commits any of the following acts is guilty of a class A misdemeanor:
(1) Knowingly attending the baiting or fighting of animals;
(2) Knowingly selling, offering for sale, shipping, or transporting any animal which has been bred or trained to bait or fight another animal;
(3) Owning or possessing 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;
(4) Manufacturing, selling, bartering or exchanging 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.
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(Adopted by Initiative, Proposition A, § B, November 3, 1998)
*This section was amended by S.B. 491, 2014, effective 1-01-17. Due to the delayed effective date, both versions of this section are printed here.
(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).
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