Wyoming HB275: Treatment of animals.

What the bill says

An act relating to crimes and offenses; providing a misdemeanor offense and amending the offense of felony animal cruelty to address actions where wildlife is reduced to possession; prohibiting the torture of wildlife as specified; specifying the required treatment of certain wildlife; specifying penalties; providing for license revocation and suspension and forfeiture of devices and equipment for specified convictions; clarifying trapping requirements; removing a reporting requirement; providing definitions; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date.

From the introduced text:

AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; providing a misdemeanor offense and amending the offense of felony animal cruelty to address actions where wildlife is reduced to possession; prohibiting the torture of wildlife as specified; specifying the required treatment of certain wildlife; specifying penalties; providing for license revocation and suspension and forfeiture of devices and equipment for specified convictions; clarifying trapping requirements; removing a reporting requirement; providing definitions; making conforming amendments; and providing for an effective date. Section 1. W.S. 6‐3‐1001(a) by creating new paragraphs (iv) through (vi), 6‐3‐1004 by creating a new subsection (c), 6‐3‐1005(a)(intro), (i), (ii), by creating a new paragraph (iii) and by creating a new subsection (c), 23‐3‐103(a) and by creating new subsections (d) and (e), 23‐3‐306 by creating a new subsection (j) and 23‐6‐206(a)(intro) and (iii) are amended to read: 6‐3‐1001. Definitions. (a) As used in this (v) "Predatory animal" means as defined in W.S. 23‐1‐101(a)(viii); (vi) "Wildlife" means as defined in W.S. 23‐1‐101(a)(xiii). "Wildlife" shall not include amphibians, crustaceans, fish, mollusks and reptiles. 6‐3‐1004. Penalties; misdemeanor offenses. (c) A first offense of cruelty to animals under W.S. 6‐3‐1005(a)(iii) and 23‐3‐103(d) is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both. The person shall also be subject to revocation and …