2019 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 574 - Cruelty to Animals: Prevention and Penalties
NRS 574.200 - Intended applicability of provisions.

Universal Citation: NV Rev Stat § 574.200 (2019)

1. The provisions of NRS 574.050 to 574.510, inclusive, do not:

(a) Interfere with any of the fish and game laws contained in title 45 of NRS or any laws for the destruction of certain birds.

(b) Interfere with the right to destroy any venomous reptiles or animals, or any animal known as dangerous to life, limb or property.

(c) Interfere with the right to kill all animals and fowl used for food.

(d) Prohibit or interfere with any properly conducted scientific experiments or investigations which are performed under the authority of the faculty of some regularly incorporated medical college or university of this State.

(e) Interfere with any scientific or physiological experiments conducted or prosecuted for the advancement of science or medicine.

(f) Prohibit or interfere with established methods of animal husbandry, including the raising, handling, feeding, housing and transporting of livestock or farm animals.

2. Nothing contained in subsection 1 shall be deemed to exclude a research facility from the provisions of NRS 574.205.

[10:75:1873; B § 2491; BH § 4785; C § 4877; RL § 1381; NCL § 3239] + [Part 6:178:1919; 1919 RL p. 3394; NCL § 10574] — (NRS A 1989, 273; 1993, 2152; 2007, 1926; 2011, 1607; 2015, 1732)

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