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UNITED STATES v. STEVENS 

Connecticut 

Delaware 

Florida 

Georgia 

Hawaii 

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

the state, said wildlife statutes shall control”), 
§18–9–202(3) (“Nothing in this part 2 shall be
construed to amend or in any manner change
the authority of the wildlife commission, as 
established in title 33, [Colo. Rev. Stat.], or to 
prohibit any conduct therein authorized or 
permitted”) 
Conn. Gen. Stat. §53–247(b) (2009) (“Any person 
who maliciously and intentionally maims, 
mutilates, tortures, wounds or kills an animal 
shall be fined not more than five thousand 
dollars or imprisoned not more than five years 
or both.  The provisions of this subsection shall 
not apply to . . . any person . . . while lawfully 
engaged in the taking of wildlife”) 
Del. Code Ann., Tit. 11, §1325(f) (2007) (“This 
section shall not apply to the lawful hunting or 
trapping of animals as provided by law”) 
Fla. Stat. §828.122(9)(b) (2007) (“This section 
shall not apply to . . . [a]ny person using animals 
to pursue or take wildlife or to participate in any 
hunting regulated or subject to being regulated 
by the rules and regulations of the Fish and 
Wildlife Conservation Commission”) 
Ga. Code Ann. §16–12–4(e) (2007) (“The provi-
sions of this Code section shall not be construed 
as prohibiting conduct which is otherwise per-
mitted under the laws of this state or of the 
United States, including, but not limited to . . . 
hunting, trapping, fishing, [or] wildlife man-
agement”) 
Haw. Rev. Stat. §711–1108.5(1) (2008 Cum. 
Supp.) (“A person commits the offense of cruelty
to animals in the first degree if the person 
intentionally or knowingly tortures, mutilates, 
or poisons or causes the torture, mutilation, or 
poisoning of any pet animal or equine animal
resulting in serious bodily injury or death of the 
pet animal or equine animal”)