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| TX - Breeders - Chapter 91. Dog or Cat Breeders Program | These are the regulations for the Texas Dog or Cat Breeder Act. |
| TX - Circus - Chapter 2152. Regulation of Circuses, Carnivals, and Zoos. | Note chapter repealed: Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., ch. 1 (S.B. 219), § 5.318(14), eff. April 2, 2015. This set of Texas laws concerns the regulation of carnivals, circuses, and zoos. However, circuses are specifically exempted from regulation if they are licensed by the USDA and if the circus provides proof of (mandatory) inspection at least once a year. "Circus" is defined as a commercial variety show featuring animal acts for public entertainment. In Texas, the Texas Board of Health must adopt standards for the operation of circuses, carnivals, and zoos that promote humane conditions for animals and protect the public health and safety. A person may not operate a circus, carnival, or zoo unless the person holds a license issued under this chapter for the circus, carnival, or zoo. A person who knowingly operates a circus without a license under this chapter commits a Class C misdemeanor. |
| TX - Counseling - § 54.0407. Cruelty to Animals: Counseling Required. | For juveniles convicted under the Texas criminal animal cruelty statute (found at Tex. Penal Code § 42.09), psychological counseling is required. |
| TX - Cruelty - Chapter 821. Treatment and Disposition of Animals. | This Texas section addresses the treatment of animals and disposition of cruelly treated animals. |
| TX - Cruelty - Chapter 829. Animal Control Officer Training | This chapter concerns the appointment of animal control officers in Texas. The chapter requires that an animal control officer complete training, which includes at least a 12-hour basic animal control course and subsequent continuing education. |
| TX - Cruelty - Consolidated Cruelty Statutes | These comprise Texas' anti-cruelty laws. Texas has laws that prohibit cruelty to both livestock (sec. 42.09) and non-livestock animals (sec. 42.092). Both laws requires a scienter of intentionally or knowingly, and enumerate limited defenses. "Animal" means a domesticated living creature and wild living creature previously captured but does not include an uncaptured wild creature. Also included is Texas animal fighting provision, which criminalizes being a spectator at an animal fighting exhibition among other things. In 2011, Texas enacted a law prohibiting cockfighting. |
| TX - Dangerous - Subchapter B: Dogs That Are A Danger to Animals | Subchapter B prohibits dogs from running at large and enumerates the criminal penalty for such violation. |
| TX - Dangerous - Subchapter D: Dangerous Dogs | Chapter 822, Subchapter D addresses dangerous dogs and their treatment, including dog attacks, registration, defenses, violations of the statute. |
| TX - Dangerous - Subchapter E: Dangerous Wild Animals | Chapter 822, Subchapter E regulates the keeping of dangerous wild animals. It imposes a registration requirement upon the owner of a dangerous wild animal and also sets forth insurance requirements. One thing to note is that Texas animal cruelty laws do not apply to these wild animals. |
| TX - Dangerous - § 822.0422. Reporting of Incident in Certain Counties and Municipalities | This Texas statute outlines the procedures for reporting a dangerous dog incident in counties with a population of at least 2,800,000 in which an ordinance has been adopted pursuant to this section. It describes the reporting and seizure requirements should an owner fail to turn over an implicated dog. |