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828.122 Fighting or baiting animals; offenses; penalties.-(1) This act may be cited as ÒThe Animal Fighting Act.Ó(2) As used in this section, the term:(a) ÒAnimal fightingÓ means fighting between roosters or other birds or between dogs, bears, or other animals.(b) ÒBaitingÓ means to at
Location: Florida
Law Categories: Animal Cruelty
828.12 3rd degree felony, tortures any animal with intent to inflict intense pain, serious physical injury etc
Location: Florida
Law Categories: Animal Cruelty
828.058 Euthanasia of dogs and cats.-(1) Sodium pentobarbital, a sodium pentobarbital derivative, or other agent the Board of Veterinary Medicine may approve by rule shall be the only methods used for euthanasia of dogs and cats by public or private agencies, animal shelters, or other
Location: Florida
Law Categories: Breeding Laws, Rescues & Boarding
828.058 Euthanasia of dogs and cats
Location: Florida
Law Categories: Breeding Laws, Rescues & Boarding
828 Title XLVI Chapter 828 Animal Cruelty, Sales, Enterprise Protection
Location: Florida
Law Categories: Animal Cruelty, Pet Sales
823.15 Dogs and cats released from animal shelters or animal control agencies; sterilization requirement.-(1) The Legislature has determined that the importation of dogs and cats into, and the uncontrolled breeding of dogs and cats in, this state pose risks to the well-being of dogs a
Location: Florida
Law Categories: Rescues & Boarding
823.041 Disposal of bodies of dead animals; penalty.-(1) Any owner, custodian, or person in charge of domestic animals, upon the death of such animals due to disease, shall dispose of the carcasses of such animals by burning or burying at least 2 feet below the surface of the ground; p
Location: Florida
Law Categories: Breeding Laws, Rescues & Boarding
823.041 Disposal of bodies of dead animals, penalty
Location: Florida
Law Categories: Breeding Laws, Rescues & Boarding
767.5 Owner’s liability for damages by dog to Dairy Cattle
Location: Florida
Law Categories: Dangerous Dog Laws
767.16 Bite by a police or service dog; exemption from quarantine.-Any dog that is owned, or the service of which is employed, by a law enforcement agency, or any dog that is used as a service dog for blind, hearing impaired, or disabled persons, and that bites another animal or human i
Location: Florida
Law Categories: Dangerous Dog Laws
767.14 Additional local restrictions authorized.-Nothing in this act shall limit any local government from placing further restrictions or additional requirements on owners of dangerous dogs or developing procedures and criteria for the implementation of this act, provided that no such
Location: Florida
Law Categories: Dangerous Dog Laws
767.13 Attack or bite by dangerous dog; penalties; confiscation; destruction.-(1) If a dog that has previously been declared dangerous attacks or bites a person or a domestic animal without provocation, the owner is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in
Location: Florida
Law Categories: Dangerous Dog Laws
767.13 Attack or bite by dangerous dog, penalties, confiscation, destruction
Location: Florida
Law Categories: Dangerous Dog Laws
767.12 Classification of dogs as dangerous; certification of registration; notice and hearing requirements; confinement of animal; exemption; appeals; unlawful acts.-(1)(a) An animal control authority shall investigate reported incidents involving any dog that may be dangerous and shall
Location: Florida
Law Categories: Dangerous Dog Laws
767.12 Classification of dogs as dangerous, cert of registratgion, notice and hearing, etc
Location: Florida
Law Categories: Dangerous Dog Laws
767.11 Definitions.-As used in this act, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:(1) ÒDangerous dogÓ means any dog that according to the records of the appropriate authority:(a) Has aggressively bitten, attacked, or endangered or has inflicted severe injury on a human being on pub
Location: Florida
Law Categories: Dangerous Dog Laws
767.10 Legislative findings.-The Legislature finds that dangerous dogs are an increasingly serious and widespread threat to the safety and welfare of the people of this state because of unprovoked attacks which cause injury to persons and domestic animals; that such attacks are in part
Location: Florida
Law Categories: Dangerous Dog Laws
767.07 Interpretation.-Section 767.05 is supplemental to all other laws relating to dogs not expressly referred to therein and shall not be construed to modify, repeal, or in any way affect any part or provision of any such laws not expressly repealed therein or to prevent municipalitie
Location: Florida
Law Categories: Dangerous Dog Laws
767.05 OwnerÕs liability for damages by dog to dairy cattle.-An owner or keeper of any dog that kills, wounds, or harasses any dairy cattle shall be jointly and severally liable to the owner of such dairy cattle for all damages done by such dog; and it is not necessary to prove notice t
Location: Florida
Law Categories: Dangerous Dog Laws
767.04 Dog ownerÕs liability for damages to persons bitten.-The owner of any dog that bites any person while such person is on or in a public place, or lawfully on or in a private place, including the property of the owner of the dog, is liable for damages suffered by persons bitten, re
Location: Florida
Law Categories: Dangerous Dog Laws
767.04 Dog Owner Liability for damages to persons bitten
Location: Florida
Law Categories: Dangerous Dog Laws
767.03 Good defense for killing dog.-In any action for damages or of a criminal prosecution against any person for killing or injuring a dog, satisfactory proof that said dog had been or was killing any animal included in the definitions of Òdomestic animalÓ and ÒlivestockÓ as provided
Location: Florida
Law Categories: Dangerous Dog Laws
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