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UNITED STATES v. STEVENS 

ALITO, J., dissenting 
Appendix to opinion of ALITO, J. 

and regulation of the Wildlife Resources Com-
mission . . .”) 

North Dakota  N. D. Cent. Code Ann. §36–21.1–01(5)(a) (Lexis 
Supp. 2009) (“ ‘Cruelty’ or ‘torture’ . . . does not 
include . . . [a]ny activity that requires a license
or permit under chapter 20.1–03 [which governs 
gaming and other licenses]”) 
Ore. Rev. Stat. §167.335 (2007) (“Unless gross 
negligence can be shown, the provisions of 
[certain statutes prohibiting animal cruelty] do 
not apply to . . . (7) [l]awful fishing, hunting and 
trapping activities”) 

Oregon 

Pennsylvania  18 Pa. Cons. Stat. §5511(a)(3)(ii) (2008) (“This 

subsection [banning killing, maiming, or poison-
ing of domestic animals or zoo animals] shall not 
apply to . . . the killing of any animal or fowl
pursuant to . . . The Game Law”), §5511(c)(1) (“A 
person commits an offense if he wantonly or 
cruelly illtreats, overloads, beats, otherwise 
abuses any animal, or neglects any animal as to 
which he has a duty of care”) 

Rhode Island  R. I. Gen. Laws §4–1–3(a) (Lexis 1998) (prohibit-

ing “[e]very owner, possessor, or person having 
the charge or custody of any animal” from
engaging in certain acts of unnecessary cruelty), 
§§4–1–5(a), (b) (prohibiting only “[m]alicious” 
injury to or killing of animals and further pro-
viding that “[t]his section shall not apply to
licensed hunters during hunting season or a 
licensed business killing animals for human 
consumption”) 
S. C. Code Ann. §47–1–40(C) (Supp. 2009) (“This 
section does not apply to . . . activity authorized 
by Title 50 [consisting of laws on Fish, Game,
and Watercraft]”) 

South 
Carolina 

South Dakota  S. D. Codified Laws §40–1–17 (2004) (“The acts 

and conduct of persons who are lawfully en-
gaged in any of the activities authorized by Title 
41 [Game, Fish, Parks and Forestry] . . . and