1997 Minnesota Statutes

     343.24 Cruelty in transportation. 

    Subdivision 1.    Penalty.  Any person who does any of 
 the following is guilty of a misdemeanor:  (a) Carries or causes 
 to be carried, any live animals upon any vehicle or otherwise, 
 without providing suitable racks, cars, crates, or cages in 
 which the animals can both stand and lie down during 
 transportation and while awaiting slaughter; (b) Carries or 
 causes to be carried, upon a vehicle or otherwise, any live 
 animal having feet or legs tied together, or in any other cruel 
 or inhuman manner; (c) Transports or detains livestock in cars 
 or compartments for more than 28 consecutive hours without 
 unloading the livestock in a humane manner into properly 
 equipped pens for rest, water, and feeding for a period of at 
 least five consecutive hours, unless requested to do so as 
 provided in subdivision 2, or unless prevented by storm or 
 unavoidable causes which cannot be anticipated or avoided by the 
 exercise of due diligence and foresight; or (d) Permits 
 livestock to be crowded together without sufficient space to 
 stand, or so as to overlie, crush, wound, or kill each other. 

    Subd. 2.    Exception.  A person or corporation engaged 
 in transporting livestock may confine livestock for 36 
 consecutive hours if the owner or person with custody of that 
 particular shipment of livestock requests in writing that an 
 extension be allowed.  That written request shall be separate 
 from any printed bill of lading or other railroad form.  

    HIST: (10444) RL s 5153; 1921 c 186 s 1; 1981 c 53 s 5