§ 4-4-9 - Sale, use, or exposure of diseased animals – Refusal to destroy. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 4-4-9

   § 4-4-9  Sale, use, or exposure of diseasedanimals – Refusal to destroy. – A person who willfully sells or offers to sell, uses, exposes, or causes orpermits to be sold, offered for sale, used or exposed, any horse or otheranimal having the disease known as glanders or farcy, or other contagious orinfectious disease dangerous to the life or health of human beings or animals,or which is diseased past recovery, or who refuses upon demand of the generalagent or any special agent of the society for the prevention of cruelty toanimals humanely to destroy an animal affected with any of those diseasesshall, for each offense, be punished in the manner provided in § 4-1-2.