APPENDIX A 



GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA 

 SESSION 2003 



SESSION LAW 2003-208 

 SENATE BILL 669 



A ^^nr P r? T nxf Vl np D ASx E ^^ W .F GARDrNG THE CIVIL REMEDY FOR 

 lr?Turl{° N rnL^l^r^ AL RECOMMENDED BY THE GENERAL 

 STATUTES COMMISSION, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE GENERAL 

 STATUTES COMMISSION TO STUDY THE NEED TO REGULATE "PUPPY 



The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 



SECTION 1. Article 1 of Chapter 19A of the General Statutes reads as 

 rewritten: 



"Article 1 . 



„--«.., ^ „ . "Civil Remedy for Protection of Animals. 



§ 19A-1. Definitions. 



The following definitions apply in this Article: 



(1) The tefms-term_'animals' and 'dumb animals' includ e every us e ful 

 living creature, includes every living vertebrate in the classes 

 Amphibia, Reptilia. Av es. and Mammalia except human beings. 



(2) The terms 'cruelty' and 'cruel treatment' include every act, omission or 

 neglect whereby unjustifiable physical pain, suffering, or death is 

 caused or p e rmitt e d; but those terms shall not be constru e d to includ e 



i?ri?^f talcmg of animal!] under the jurisdiction and regulation of th e 

 Wildlif e R e sources Commission, lawful activities sponsored by 

 agencies conducting biomedical research or training, lawful activities 

 for sport, th e production of livestock or poultry, or th e lawful 

 destruction of any animal for th e purpose of protecting such liv e stock 

 or poultry, permitted. 



(3) The term 'person' has the same meaning as in G.S. 12-3 . includes nny 

 p e rsons, firm or corporation, including any nonprofit corporation such 



„_ _ as a society for the prevention of cru e lty to animals. 



3 19A-1.1. Exemptions. 



This Article shall not apply to the following: 



LU The lawful taking of animals under the jurisdiction and regulation of 

 the Wildlife Res ources Commission, except that this Article applies to 

 those birds exem pted bv the Wildlife Resources Commissio n from its 



"§19A-2. Purpose 



definition of 'wild birds' pursuant to G.S. 1 13-129(I5aTT 

 (21 Lawful activities conducted for purposes of biomedical research or 



training or for purposes of production of livestock, poultry, or aquatic 



species. 

 lH Lawful act ivities conducted for the primary purpose of providing food 



for human or animal consumption. 

 Ill Activities conducted for lawful veterinary purposes. 

 LD The lawful destruction of any animal for the purposes of protecting the 



public, other animals, or the public health. 

 (6) Lawful activities for sport. 



