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2022 Delaware Code
Title 16 - Health and Safety
Chapter 30F. ANIMAL WELFARE
Subchapter IV. General Provisions Concerning Dogs
§ 3051F. Injuring or killing dogs for certain acts.
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§ 3051F. Injuring or killing dogs for certain acts.
(a) Any police officer, animal welfare officer who finds a dog running at large and deems such dog to be an immediate threat to the public health and welfare may kill such dog.
(b) Any person may injure or kill a dog in self-defense or to protect livestock, poultry, or another human being at the time such dog is attacking such livestock, poultry, or human being.
(c) Any person may injure or kill a dog at the time such dog is wounding another dog if the dog being wounded is on the property of its owner or under the immediate control of its owner and being wounded by a dog that is running at large.
(d) Any person who injures or kills any dog in accordance with this section shall not be held criminally or civilly liable therefor.
77 Del. Laws, c. 428, § 7; 80 Del. Laws, c. 248, § 5;
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