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1 1 Amend the amendment, S-5013, to House File 723, as
1 2 amended, passed, and reprinted by the House, as
1 3 follows:
1 4 #1. By striking page 1, line 5, through page 2,
1 5 line 8, and inserting the following:
1 6 ""Sec. . NEW SECTION. 717.3 LIVESTOCK
1 7 TORTURE.
1 8 1. a. A person is guilty of livestock torture,
1 9 regardless of whether the person is the owner of the
1 10 livestock, if the person inflicts an injury on the
1 11 livestock which causes extreme physical pain to the
1 12 livestock, or subjects the livestock to a condition
1 13 which causes extreme physical pain, with the purpose
1 14 of increasing or prolonging the extreme physical pain.
1 15 b. As used in this subsection, "extreme physical
1 16 pain" includes severe suffering or agony.
1 17 2. This section shall not apply to any of the
1 18 following:
1 19 a. A person acting to carry out an order issued by
1 20 a court.
1 21 b. A licensed veterinarian while practicing
1 22 veterinary medicine as provided in chapter 169.
1 23 c. A person while carrying out a practice that is
1 24 consistent with customary animal husbandry practices.
1 25 d. A person acting reasonably to protect a person
1 26 from injury or death caused by unconfined livestock.
1 27 e. A local authority acting reasonably to destroy
1 28 livestock, if at the time of the destruction, the
1 29 owner of the livestock is absent or unable to care for
1 30 the livestock, and the livestock is permanently
1 31 distressed by disease or injury to a degree that would
1 32 result in severe and prolonged suffering.
1 33 f. An institution, as defined in section 145B.1,
1 34 or a research facility, as defined in section 162.2,
1 35 provided that the institution or research facility
1 36 performs functions within the scope of accepted
1 37 practices and disciplines associated with the
1 38 institution or research facility.
1 39 3. A person guilty of livestock torture is guilty
1 40 of a class "D" felony. If a person is guilty of
1 41 livestock torture, the sentencing order shall require
1 42 that the person participate in counseling according to
1 43 terms ordered by the court.
1 44 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 717B.5A ANIMAL TORTURE.
1 45 1. a. A person is guilty of animal torture,
1 46 regardless of whether the person is the owner of the
1 47 animal, if the person inflicts an injury to the animal
1 48 which causes extreme physical pain to the animal, or
1 49 subjects the animal to a condition which causes
1 50 extreme physical pain, with the purpose of increasing
2 1 or prolonging the extreme physical pain.
2 2 b. As used in this subsection, "extreme physical
2 3 pain" includes severe suffering or agony.
2 4 2. This section shall not apply to any of the
2 5 following:
2 6 a. A person acting to carry out an order issued by
2 7 a court.
2 8 b. A licensed veterinarian while practicing
2 9 veterinary medicine as provided in chapter 169.
2 10 c. A person while carrying out a practice that is
2 11 consistent with customary animal husbandry practices.
2 12 d. A person taking, hunting, trapping, or fishing
2 13 for a wild animal as provided in chapter 481A.
2 14 e. A person acting reasonably to protect the
2 15 person's property from a wild animal as defined in
2 16 section 481A.1.
2 17 f. A person acting reasonably to protect a person
2 18 from injury or death caused by a wild animal as
2 19 defined in section 481A.1.
2 20 g. A person acting reasonably to protect a person
2 21 from injury or death caused by an unconfined animal.
2 22 h. A local authority acting reasonably to destroy
2 23 an animal, if at the time of the destruction, the
2 24 owner of the animal is absent or unable to care for
2 25 the animal, and the animal is permanently distressed
2 26 by disease or injury to a degree that would result in
2 27 severe and prolonged suffering.
2 28 i. An institution, as defined in section 145B.1,
2 29 or a research facility, as defined in section 162.2,
2 30 provided that the institution or research facility
2 31 performs functions within the scope of accepted
2 32 practices and disciplines associated with the
2 33 institution or research facility.
2 34 3. A person guilty of animal torture is guilty of
2 35 a class "D" felony. If a person is guilty of animal
2 36 torture, the sentencing order shall require that the
2 37 person participate in counseling according to terms
2 38 ordered by the court."
2 39 # . Title page, line 1, by striking the words
2 40 "persons and" and inserting the following: "livestock
2 41 and other"."
2 42
2 43
2 44
2 45 MARY A. LUNDBY
2 46
2 47
2 48
2 49 MATT McCOY
2 50 HF 723.707 78
3 1 da/cls
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