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2019 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals
Section 4:19-9 - Right to destroy offending dogs
Universal Citation: NJ Rev Stat § 4:19-9 (2019)
4:19-9. Right to destroy offending dogs
A person may humanely destroy a dog in self defense, or which is found chasing, worrying, wounding or destroying any sheep, lamb, poultry or domestic animal.
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