2018 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXXVIII - Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders
Chapter 578 - Miscellaneous Offenses
Section 578.173 Baiting or fighting animals — penalty.

Effective 01 Jan 2017, see footnote

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS

578.173. Baiting or fighting animals — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of baiting or fighting animals if he or she:

(1) Baits or fights animals;

(2) Permits baiting or animal fighting to be done on any premises under his or her charge or control;

(3) Promotes, conducts, or stages a baiting or fight between two or more animals;

(4) Advertises a baiting or fight between two or more animals;

(5) Collects any admission fee for a baiting or fight between two or more animals;

(6) Knowingly attends the baiting or fighting of animals;

(7) Knowingly sells, offers for sale, ships, or transports any animal which has been bred or trained to bait or fight another animal;

(8) Owns or possesses 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; or

(9) Manufactures, sells, barters, or exchanges 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.

2. The offense of baiting or fighting animals is a class E felony.

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(Adopted by Initiative, Proposition A, § B, November 3, 1998, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)

Effective 1-01-17

(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).