Full Statute Name:  West's Wisconsin Statutes Annotated. Trade Regulations (Ch. 125 to 139). Chapter 134. Miscellaneous Trade Regulations. 134.52. Shipment of chickens

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Primary Citation:  W. S. A. 134.52 Country of Origin:  United States Last Checked:  February, 2024 Alternate Citation:  WI ST 134.52 Date Adopted:  1913 Historical: 
Summary: This Wisconsin statute requires that poultry not be overcrowded and the shipping container must be at least 13 inches in high on the inside and covered at the top in a way that prevents the chickens from getting caught in the top.

 

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person, or the persons agent or servant, to ship, or for any common carrier or the agent or servant of such common carrier to allow, aid, or abet in the shipment of chickens confined in coops unless such coops are at least 13 inches in height on the inside and are covered at the top by wires or slats not more than one inch apart or by wire screening with meshes of not more than one inch.

(2) It shall be unlawful for any person or the persons agent or servant or for any common carrier or the agent or servant of such common carrier to so crowd or congest or to allow, aid or abet in the crowding or congesting of chickens within any coop in any shipment as to impair or endanger the well-being of such chickens during the course of transportation thereof; and any such crowding or congesting shall be deemed cruelty. (3) Whenever any humane officer or any peace officer in this state ascertains or observes any shipment of chickens in a crowded or congested condition, such officer may take or cause to be taken such steps as to give immediate relief.

(4) Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $ 10 nor more than $ 50, or by imprisonment in the county jail not less than 10 days nor more than 30 days. 

Source:
L.1913, c. 385.
St.1913, § 4446e.
L.1923, c. 108, § 215.
L.1923, c. 253.
St.1923, § 4446h.
L.1925, c. 4.
L.1925, c. 69.
St.1925, § 343.488.
L.1955, c. 696, § 128.
St.1955, § 134.52.
L.1969, c. 459, § 6, eff. March 15, 1970.
1993 Act 482, §§ 25, 26, eff. June 11, 1994.

1993 Act 482 amended subsecs. (1) and (2).

 

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