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euthanizing an animal

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United States Code

18 U.S.C. § 48 — in this section

the term “euthanizing an animal” means the humane destruction of an animal accomplished by a method that—

(A) produces rapid unconsciousness and subsequent death without evidence of pain or distress; or

(B) uses anesthesia produced by an agent that causes painless loss of consciousness and subsequent death.