Exceptions from chapter; electrocution
Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) through (c), this
chapter does not apply to the following:
(1) Fishing, hunting, trapping, or other conduct authorized
under IC 14-22.
(2) Conduct authorized under IC 15-5-7.
(3) Veterinary practices authorized by standards adopted under
IC 15-5-1.1-8.
(4) Conduct authorized by a local ordinance.
(5) Acceptable farm management practices.
(6) Conduct authorized by the Indiana Meat and Poultry
Inspection and Humane Slaughter Act, IC 15-2.1-24, and rules
adopted under IC 15-2.1-24 for state or federally inspected
livestock slaughtering facilities.
(7) A research facility registered with the United States
Department of Agriculture under the federal Animal Welfare
Act (7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq.).
(8) Destruction of a vertebrate defined as a pest under
IC 15-3-3.6-2(22).
(b) Section 1 of this chapter applies to conduct described in
subsection (a).
(c) Destruction of an animal by electrocution is authorized under
this section only if it is conducted by a person who is engaged in an
acceptable farm management practice, by a research facility
registered with the United States Department of Agriculture under
the Animal Welfare Act, or for the animal disease diagnostic
laboratory established under IC 15-2.1-5-1, a research facility
licensed by the United States Department of Agriculture, a college,
or a university.
As added by P.L.193-1987, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.2-1993,
SEC.188; P.L.1-1995, SEC.76; P.L.137-1996, SEC.74; P.L.41-1998,
SEC.1.
Last modified: May 24, 2006