1. "Animal" means a nonhuman vertebrate.
2. "Contest animal" means a bull, bear, chicken, or dog.
3. "Contest device" means equipment designed to enhance a contest animal's entertainment value during training or a contest event, including a device to improve the contest animal's competitiveness.
4. "Contest event" means a function organized for the entertainment or profit of spectators where a contest animal is injured, tormented, or killed, if the contest animal is a bull involved in a bullfight or bull baiting, a bear involved in bear baiting, a chicken involved in cock fighting, or a dog involved in dog fighting.
5. "Establishment" means the location where a contest event occurs or is to occur, regardless of whether a contest animal is present at the establishment or the contest animal is witnessed by means of an electronic signal transmitted to the location.
6. "Livestock" means the same as defined in section 717.1.
7. "Local authority" means the same as defined in section 717B.1.
8. "Promoter" means a person who charges admission for entry into an establishment or organizes, holds, advertises, or otherwise conducts a contest event.
9. "Spectator" means a person who attends an establishment for purposes of witnessing a contest event.
10. "Trainer" means a person who trains a contest animal for purposes of engaging in a contest event, regardless of where the contest event is located. A trainer includes a person who uses a contest device.
11. "Transporter" means a person who moves a contest animal for delivery to a training location or a contest event location.
2002 Acts, ch 1130, §5
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