Nothing in this chapter applies to accepted husbandry practices used in the commercial raising or slaughtering of livestock or poultry, or products thereof or to the use of animals in the normal and usual course of rodeo events or to the customary use or exhibiting of animals in normal and usual events at fairs as defined in RCW 15.76.120.
RCW 16.52.185
Exclusions from chapter.
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Northwest Animal Rights Network v. State (2010)
Most recently applied in Northwest Animal Rights Network v. State (October 2010)
1994 c 261 s 22; 1982 c 114 s 10.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.