2006 Ohio Revised Code - 959.06. Prohibited methods of destroying domestic animals.
§ 959.06. Prohibited methods of destroying domestic animals.
(A) No person shall destroy any domestic animal by the use of a high altitude decompression chamber or by any method other than a method that immediately and painlessly renders the domestic animal initially unconscious and subsequently dead.
(B) This section does not apply to or prohibit the slaughtering of livestock under
Chapter 945. of the Revised Code, or the taking of any wild animal, as defined in
section 1531.01 of the Revised Code, when taken in accordance with
Chapter 1533. of the Revised Code.
HISTORY: 138 v H 854. Eff 1-1-81.
Not analogous to former RC § 959.06 [RS § 4211-26; 85 v 336; GC § 13365; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-1-53], repealed, 132 v H 842, § 2, eff 12-14-67.
The effective date of HB 854 is set by section 3 of the act.
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