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16.52.117 Animal fighting--Owners,trainers,spectators--Exceptions
16.52.165 Punishment--Conviction of misdemeanor
Every person convicted of any misdemeanor under RCW 16.52.080 or 16.52.090
shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding one hundred and fifty
dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding sixty
days, or both such fine and imprisonment, and shall pay the costs of
the prosecution.
16.52.180 Limitations on application of chapter
No part of this chapter shall be deemed to interfere with any of the
laws of this state known as the "game laws," nor be deemed
to interfere with the right to destroy any venomous reptile or any
known as dangerous to life, limb or property, or to interfere with
the right to kill animals to be used for food or with any properly
conducted scientific experiments or investigations, which experiments
or investigations shall be performed only under the authority of the
faculty of some regularly incorporated college or university of the
state of Washington or a research facility registered with the United
States department of agriculture and regulated by 7 U.S.C. Sec. 2131
et seq.
16.52.185 Exclusions from chapter
Nothing in this chapter applies to accepted husbandry practices used
in the commercial raising or slaughtering of livestock or poultry,
or products thereof or to the use of animals in the normal and usual
course of rodeo events or to the customary use or exhibiting of animals
in normal and usual events at fairs as defined in RCW 15.76.120.
16.52.190 Poisoning animals
(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, a
person is guilty of the crime of poisoning animals if the person intentionally
or knowingly poisons an animal under circumstances which do not constitute
animal cruelty in the first degree.
(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to euthanizing by poison an animal in a lawful and humane manner by the animal's owner, or by a duly authorized servant or agent of the owner, or by a person acting pursuant to instructions from a duly constituted public authority.
(3) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to the reasonable use of rodent or pest poison, insecticides, fungicides, or slug bait for their intended purposes. As used in this section, the term "rodent" includes but is not limited to Columbia ground squirrels, other ground squirrels, rats, mice, gophers, rabbits, and any other rodent designated as injurious to the agricultural interests of the state as provided in chapter 17.16 RCW. The term "pest" as used in this section includes any pest as defined in RCW 17.21.020.
16.52.193 Poisoning animals--Strychnine sales--Records--Report
on suspected purchases
It shall be unlawful for any person other than a registered pharmacist
to sell at retail or furnish to any person any strychnine: Provided,
That nothing herein shall prohibit county, state or federal agents, in
the course of their duties, from furnishing strychnine to any person.
Every such registered pharmacist selling or furnishing such strychnine
shall, before delivering the same, record the transaction as provided
in RCW 69.38.030. If any such registered pharmacist shall suspect that
any person desiring to purchase strychnine intends to use the same for
the purpose of poisoning unlawfully any domestic animal or domestic bird,
he may refuse to sell to such person, but whether or not he makes such
sale, he shall if he so suspects an intention to use the strychnine unlawfully,
immediately notify the nearest peace officer, giving such officer a complete
description of the person purchasing, or attempting to purchase, such
strychnine.
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