18.2-145 - Protection of homing pigeons. - Virginia Statutes

§ 18.2-145. Protection of homing pigeons.

It shall be unlawful for any person at any time or in any manner to hunt,pursue, take, capture, wound, maim, disfigure, or kill any homing pigeon ofanother person, or to make use of any pit or pitfall, scaffold, cage, snare,trap, net, baited hook or similar device or drug, poison chemical orexplosive, for the purpose of injuring, capturing or killing any such homingpigeon, provided that any officer, employee or agent of a city or countyacting pursuant to authority of an ordinance thereof may take, capture andkill pigeons in, on and about any building or structure devoted to business,commercial or industrial purposes when any pigeons are using such premisesfor roosting, resting or congregating thereon; all pigeons taken upon suchpremises shall be conclusively deemed not to be homing pigeons or theproperty of any person.

Any person violating any of the foregoing provisions shall be guilty of aClass 3 misdemeanor.

(Code 1950, § 18.1-160; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.)