animal crushing
Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.
the term “animal crushing” means actual conduct in which one or more living non-human mammals, birds, reptiles, or amphibians is purposely crushed, burned, drowned, suffocated, impaled, or otherwise subjected to serious bodily injury (as defined in section 1365 and including conduct that, if committed against a person and in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, would violate section 2241 or 2242);
Source
- 2019–present18 U.S.C. § 48Crimes and Criminal Procedure · Depiction of animal cruelty · in this section