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CA - Euthanasia - § 597v. Newborn dog or cat; methods of killing | Animal Legal & Historical Center
Full Statute Name: West's Annotated California Codes. Penal Code. Part 1. Of Crimes and Punishments. Title 14. Malicious Mischief. § 597v. Newborn dog or cat; methods of killing Share
Primary Citation: CA PENAL § 597v
Alternate Citation: West's Ann. Cal. Penal Code § 597v
Statute Text: No person, peace officer, officer of a humane society, or officer of a pound or animal regulation department of a public agency shall kill any newborn dog or cat whose eyes have not yet opened by any other method than by the use of chloroform vapor or by inoculation of barbiturates.
(Added by Stats.1972, c. 887, p. 1583, § 2. Amended by Stats.1978, c. 1146, p. 3513, § 5; Stats.1998, c. 751 (S.B.1659), § 5.)