Under the federal anti-animal fighting law (7 U.S.C. \u00a7 2156), it is a crime to:<\/p>\n
– Knowingly sponsor or exhibit in an animal fighting venture;\u00a0<\/p>\n
– Knowingly attend an animal fighting venture, or knowingly cause an individual who has not attained the age of 16 to attend an animal fighting venture;<\/p>\n
– Knowingly buy, sell, possess, train, transport, deliver, or receive any animal for purposes of having the animal participate in an animal fighting venture;<\/p>\n
– Knowingly use the mail service of the U.S. Postal Service, or any \u201cwritten, wire, radio televisions or other form of communications in, or use a facility of, interstate commerce,\u201d to advertise an animal for use in an animal fighting venture, or to advertise a knife, gaff, or other sharp instrument designed to be attached to the leg of a bird for us in an animal fighting venture, or to promote or in any other manner further an animal fighting venture except as performed outside the U.S.;<\/p>\n
– Knowingly sell, buy, transport, or deliver in interstate or foreign commerce \u201ca knife, a gaff, or any other sharp instrument\u201d designed or intended to be attached to the leg of a bird for us in an animal fighting venture.<\/p>\n
Penalties for each violation of any one of these provisions allows for a maximum of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine for perpetrators, except for an adult attending an animal fighting venture. Penalties for an adult attendee are one year in prison and a $5,000 fine.<\/p>\n
An \u201canimal fighting venture \u201cinvolves a fight conducted or to be conducted between at least two animals for purposes of sport, wagering, or entertainment.<\/p>\n
Prohibitions on attending on selling, buying, possessing, training, transporting, delivering, or receiving an animal in an animal fighting venture; attending an animal fighting venture; or trafficking in knives or gaffs for use on a bird have long applied to all U.S. territories. On Dec. 20, 2019, these prohibitions are effective in the U.S. territories: sponsoring or exhibiting an animal in an animal fighting venture or knowing using the mail service of the U.S. Postal Service, or advertising an animal for use in a fighting venture, to advertise a knife or gaff, or to promote an animal fighting venture. (PR)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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