Animal cruelty, fighting and baiting are offenses of making animals suffer or fight. Federal law in the United States makes it unlawful to knowingly sponsor or exhibit an animal in an animal fighting venture, to knowingly attend one, or to cause a person under 16 to attend, and also to sell, buy, possess, train, transport, deliver or receive an animal to take part in one. A separate statute, 18 U.S. Code section 48, makes it unlawful to knowingly create, sell, market, advertise, exchange or distribute an animal crush video, with up to seven years in prison, and exempts customary veterinary, agricultural and hunting practice and the slaughter of animals for food.
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7 U.S. Code 2156, Animal fighting venture prohibition (Cornell LII)
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It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly sponsor or exhibit an animal in an animal fighting venture
Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School: 18 U.S. Code 48, Animal crushing
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It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly sell, market, advertise, exchange, or distribute an animal crush video
Wikipedia, Cockfighting
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Cockfighting is a blood sport involving domesticated roosters as the combatants.
Badger-Baiting (Wikipedia)
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Badger-baiting is a form of blood sport in which badgers are baited with dogs.
Illegal sports (Wikipedia)
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An illegal sport is any sport that is illegal in one or more jurisdictions due to the violent or dangerous nature of the sport.
Cruelty to Animals (Wikipedia)
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Cruelty to animals, also called animal abuse, animal neglect or animal cruelty, is the infliction of suffering or harm by humans upon animals, either by omission (neglect) or by commission.
legislation.gov.uk (The National Archives): Animal Welfare Act 2006, section 8
legislation.gov.uk (The National Archives)Has Member: Animal Fighting, Section text
A person commits an offence if he, (a) causes an animal fight to take place, or attempts to do so;
Has Member: Dogfighting, Section text
A person commits an offence if he, (a) causes an animal fight to take place, or attempts to do so;
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