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PAG LIN 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 person is guilty of livestock torture, 1 9 regardless of whether the person is the owner of the 1 10 livestock, if the person acts with willful and wanton 1 11 intent to inflict on the livestock severe physical 1 12 pain in order to cause suffering or death. 1 13 2. This section shall not apply to any of the 1 14 following: 1 15 a. A person acting to carry out an order issued by 1 16 a court. 1 17 b. A licensed veterinarian while practicing 1 18 veterinary medicine as provided in chapter 169. 1 19 c. A person while carrying out a practice that is 1 20 consistent with customary animal husbandry practices. 1 21 d. A person acting reasonably to protect a person 1 22 from injury or death caused by unconfined livestock. 1 23 e. A local authority acting reasonably to destroy 1 24 livestock, if at the time of the destruction, the 1 25 owner of the livestock is absent or unable to care for 1 26 the livestock, and the livestock is permanently 1 27 distressed by disease or injury to a degree that would 1 28 result in severe and prolonged suffering. 1 29 f. An institution, as defined in section 145B.1, 1 30 or a research facility, as defined in section 162.2, 1 31 provided that the institution or research facility 1 32 performs functions within the scope of accepted 1 33 practices and disciplines associated with the 1 34 institution or research facility. 1 35 3. A person guilty of livestock torture is guilty 1 36 of a class "D" felony. If a person is guilty of 1 37 livestock torture, the sentencing order shall require 1 38 that the person participate in counseling according to 1 39 terms ordered by the court. 1 40 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 717B.5A ANIMAL TORTURE. 1 41 1. A person is guilty of animal torture, 1 42 regardless of whether the person is the owner of the 1 43 animal, if the person acts with willful and wanton 1 44 intent to inflict on the animal severe physical pain 1 45 in order to cause suffering or death. 1 46 2. This section shall not apply to any of the 1 47 following: 1 48 a. A person acting to carry out an order issued by 1 49 a court. 1 50 b. A licensed veterinarian while practicing 2 1 veterinary medicine as provided in chapter 169. 2 2 c. A person while carrying out a practice that is 2 3 consistent with customary animal husbandry practices. 2 4 d. A person taking, hunting, trapping, or fishing 2 5 for a wild animal as provided in chapter 481A. 2 6 e. A person acting reasonably to protect the 2 7 person's property from a wild animal as defined in 2 8 section 481A.1. 2 9 f. A person acting reasonably to protect a person 2 10 from injury or death caused by a wild animal as 2 11 defined in section 481A.1. 2 12 g. A person acting reasonably to protect a person 2 13 from injury or death caused by an unconfined animal. 2 14 h. A local authority acting reasonably to destroy 2 15 an animal, if at the time of the destruction, the 2 16 owner of the animal is absent or unable to care for 2 17 the animal, and the animal is permanently distressed 2 18 by disease or injury to a degree that would result in 2 19 severe and prolonged suffering. 2 20 i. An institution, as defined in section 145B.1, 2 21 or a research facility, as defined in section 162.2, 2 22 provided that the institution or research facility 2 23 performs functions within the scope of accepted 2 24 practices and disciplines associated with the 2 25 institution or research facility. 2 26 3. A person guilty of animal torture is guilty of 2 27 a class "D" felony. If a person is guilty of animal 2 28 torture, the sentencing order shall require that the 2 29 person participate in counseling according to terms 2 30 ordered by the court." 2 31 # . Title page, line 1, by striking the words 2 32 "persons and" and inserting the following: "livestock 2 33 and other"." 2 34 2 35 2 36 2 37 MARY A. LUNDBY 2 38 2 39 2 40 2 41 MATT McCOY 2 42 HF 723.709 78 2 43 da/cls
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