Anti-Cruelty

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Malloy v. Cooper


Plaintiff owned a Gun Club and sponsored a pigeon shoot.

 

He challenged the constitutionality of a statute prohibiting the intentional wounding or killing of animals.  Held:  unconstitutionally vague.
Maloney v. State



The State charged defendant with maliciously placing a dog in a pit with another dog and encouraging the dogs to fight, injure, maim, or kill one another. The trial court convicted defendant of cruelty to animals pursuant to

Okla.


Stat. tit. 21, §

 

1685

(1971) and fined defendant. Defendant appealed. On appeal, the court held that

Okla.


Stat. tit. 21, §

 

1682

(1971) was constitutional as applied to the case but reversed and remanded the case because the court determined that the defendant had been improperly convicted under the anti-cruelty statute rather than the dogfighting statute.
Manila Conference on Animal Welfare
Mansbridge v Nichols


The appellant was convicted of seven offences under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986 (Vic) related to the appellant's treatment of merino sheep in her care. The appellant was successful in overturning three of the charges on the basis that they were latently duplicitous or ambiguous. The appellant was unsuccessful in arguing that the trial judge failed to give adequate reasons.
Man['s Best Friend] Does Not Live By Bread Alone: Imposing a Duty to Provide Veterinary Care
Martinez v. State


A jury may infer a culpable mental state ("intentionally and knowingly") from the circumstances surrounding the offense of cruelty to animals.
Maryland General Laws Supplement 1890-1898: Cruelty to Animals The Maryland General Laws supplement covers the additions to the Cruelty of Animals statutes for Maryland from 1890-1898. The amendments cover court procedure to implementation of specific laws for certain animals.
Massachusetts 1854-1859: Chapter 96: An act to prevent cruelty to animals Section 1 from Chapter 96 of Massachusetts General Laws of 1859 covers cruelty to animals.  Specifically, the law covers what qualifies as cruelty to animals and the punishment for it.
Massachusetts General Law Statutes 1860-1872: Chapter 344: Sections 1-3 The Massachusetts law from 1869 stated in Chapter 344 concerns the treatment of animals. The first section is a generic animal cruelty act. The second section details the punishment for owners of animals that allow their animals to be treated cruelly by a third party. The third section concerns the treatment of animals during transportation.
Massachusetts General Law Statutes 1921: Sections 77-96 The 1921 of Massachusetts General Laws sections 77-96 cover the following topics: animal cruelty, treatment of horses, bird fighting, shooting of pigeons, procedural issues concerning an arrest for cruelty to animals, and transportation of animals.

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