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4-97-107. Unlawful disposition of animals.
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4-97-107. Unlawful disposition of animals.
(a) It is unlawful for a retail pet store to knowingly give, sell, exchange, barter, or otherwise transfer an animal to any other person if the ultimate destination of the animal is research or killing for dissection.
(b) It is unlawful for a retail pet store to kill any animal in its care, custody, or control without a prior written or oral recommendation from a doctor of veterinary medicine citing the animal's interest justifying the killing of the animal.
(c) It is unlawful for a retail pet store, its owners, officers, agents, operator, manager, or employees, or any other person, to kill any animal in its care, custody, or control by any means other than euthanasia as defined in § 4-97-103.
(d) A violation of this chapter or a rule promulgated hereunder shall constitute a Class A misdemeanor.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 4-97-107
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4-97-107. Unlawful disposition of animals.
(a) It is unlawful for a retail pet store to knowingly give, sell, exchange, barter, or otherwise transfer an animal to any other person if the ultimate destination of the animal is research or killing for dissection.
(b) It is unlawful for a retail pet store to kill any animal in its care, custody, or control without a prior written or oral recommendation from a doctor of veterinary medicine citing the animal's interest justifying the killing of the animal.
(c) It is unlawful for a retail pet store, its owners, officers, agents, operator, manager, or employees, or any other person, to kill any animal in its care, custody, or control by any means other than euthanasia as defined in § 4-97-103.
(d) A violation of this chapter or a rule promulgated hereunder shall constitute a Class A misdemeanor.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
4-97-103. Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter:
(1) “Animal” means a dog or cat of any age;
(2) “Authorized person” means the Secretary of the Department of Health or his or her delegate, or any law enforcement officer;
(3) “Cattery” means an enterprise wherein or whereon the business of grooming or boarding cats, or breeding cats for sale, and selling those cats, is carried on, and which does not in its usual course of business acquire cats for resale to the public;
(4) “Consumer” means any individual purchasing an animal from a retail pet store. A retail pet store shall not be considered a consumer;
(5) “D.V.M.” means a person who has graduated from an accredited school of veterinary medicine or has received equivalent formal education, and who has a valid license to practice veterinary medicine within the State of Arkansas;
(6) “Director” means the Director of the Department of Health;
(7) “Euthanasia” means the humane killing of an animal accomplished by a method that utilizes anesthesia produced by an agent that causes painless loss of consciousness and subsequent death, and administered by a licensed veterinarian or a euthanasia technician licensed by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration and certified by the Department of Health;
(8) “Kennel” means an enterprise wherein or whereon the business of grooming or boarding dogs, or breeding dogs for sale, and selling such dogs, is carried on, and which does not in its usual course of business acquire dogs for resale to the public;
(9) “Person” means any individual, partnership, firm, joint-stock company, corporation, association, trust, estate, or other legal entity;
(10) “Records” of a retail pet store means:
(A) The permanent record of each animal's health history showing t
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 4-97-103
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 4-97-103. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.