2011 Utah Code
Title 76 Utah Criminal Code
Chapter 6 Offenses Against Property
Section 413 Release of fur-bearing animals -- Penalty -- Finding.

76-6-413. Release of fur-bearing animals -- Penalty -- Finding.
(1) In any case not amounting to a felony of the second degree, any person who intentionally and without permission of the owner releases any fur-bearing animal raised for commercial purposes is guilty of a felony of the third degree.
(2) The Legislature finds that the release of fur-bearing animals raised for commercial purposes subjects the animals to unnecessary suffering through deprivation of food and shelter and compromises their genetic integrity, thereby permanently depriving the owner of substantial value.