as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/28/2018 01:45pm
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Introduction | Posted on 03/28/2018 |
A bill for an act
relating to animals; prohibiting the knowing euthanasia of pet or companion animals
with nonanesthetic gas at certain facilities; providing penalties; proposing coding
for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 343.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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A person may not knowingly euthanize or authorize the euthanasia of any pet or
companion animal in a private or public animal shelter, humane society, society for the
prevention of cruelty to animals, animal control facility, or pound by the use of carbon
monoxide, carbon dioxide, or other nonanesthetic gas. A violation of this section is a
misdemeanor.
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