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2011 Ohio Revised Code
Title [9] IX AGRICULTURE - ANIMALS - FENCES
Chapter 959: OFFENSES RELATING TO DOMESTIC ANIMALS
959.15 Animal fights.

Universal Citation:
OH Rev Code § 959.15
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No person shall knowingly engage in or be employed at cockfighting, bearbaiting, or pitting an animal against another; no person shall receive money for the admission of another to a place kept for such purpose; no person shall use, train, or possess any animal for seizing, detaining, or maltreating a domestic animal. Any person who knowingly purchases a ticket of admission to such place, or is present thereat, or witnesses such spectacle, is an aider and abettor.

Effective Date: 06-10-1980

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