Source: https://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/167.310
Timestamp: 2016-12-04 20:18:45
Document Index: 789272431

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 167', '§1', '§3', '§13', '§7', '§6', '§1', '§18', '§2', '§3']

ORS 167.310 - Definitions for ORS 167.310 to 167.351 - 2015 Oregon Revised Statutes
2015 ORS § 167.310¹
(1) Adequate bedding means bedding of sufficient quantity and quality to permit a domestic animal to remain dry and reasonably clean and maintain a normal body temperature.
(2)(a) Adequate shelter includes a barn, doghouse or other enclosed structure sufficient to protect a domestic animal from wind, rain, snow or sun, that has adequate bedding to protect against cold and dampness and that is maintained to protect the domestic animal from weather and physical injury.
(b) Adequate shelter does not include:
(C) The inside of a vehicle if the domestic animal is kept in the vehicle in a manner or for a length of time that is likely to be detrimental to the domestic animals health or safety;
(G) Shelters surrounded by waste, debris, obstructions or impediments that could adversely affect an animals health.
(3) Animal means any nonhuman mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian or fish.
(4) Domestic animal means an animal, other than livestock or equines, that is owned or possessed by a person.
(5) Equine means a horse, pony, donkey, mule, hinny, zebra or a hybrid of any of these animals.
(6) Good animal husbandry includes, but is not limited to, the dehorning of cattle, the docking of horses, sheep or swine, and the castration or neutering of livestock, according to accepted practices of veterinary medicine or animal husbandry.
(7) Law enforcement animal means a dog or horse used in law enforcement work under the control of a corrections officer, parole and probation officer, police officer or youth correction officer, as those terms are defined in ORS 181A.355 (Definitions for ORS 181A.355 to 181A.670), who has successfully completed at least 360 hours of training in the care and use of a law enforcement animal, or who has passed the demonstration of minimum standards established by the Oregon Police Canine Association or other accredited and recognized animal handling organization.
(8) Livestock has the meaning provided in ORS 609.125 (Definition of livestock).
(9) Minimum care means care sufficient to preserve the health and well-being of an animal and, except for emergencies or circumstances beyond the reasonable control of the owner, includes, but is not limited to, the following requirements:
(b) Open or adequate access to potable water in sufficient quantity to satisfy the animals needs. Access to snow or ice is not adequate access to potable water.
(C) Kept reasonably clean and free from excess waste or other contaminants that could affect the animals health.
(10) Physical injury means physical trauma, impairment of physical condition or substantial pain.
(11) Physical trauma means fractures, cuts, punctures, bruises, burns or other wounds.
(12) Possess has the meaning provided in ORS 161.015 (General definitions).
(13) Serious physical injury means physical injury that creates a substantial risk of death or that causes protracted disfigurement, protracted impairment of health or protracted loss or impairment of the function of a limb or bodily organ.
(14)(a) Tethering means to restrain a domestic animal by tying the domestic animal to any object or structure by any means.
(b) Tethering does not include using a handheld leash for the purpose of walking a domestic animal. [1985 c.662 §1; 1995 c.663 §3; 1999 c.756 §13; 2001 c.926 §7; 2003 c.543 §6; 2003 c.549 §1; 2005 c.264 §18; 2009 c.233 §2; 2013 c.382 §3]
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686.450 Defini­tions