1.Prohibitions on dog fighting
ventures
(a)Section 26 of the
Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2156) is amended—
(1)in subsection (a)(1)—
(A)by striking any person to knowingly
sponsor
and inserting “any person—
(A)to knowingly
sponsor
;
(B)by striking the
period at the end and inserting ; or
; and
(C)by adding at the
end the following:
(B)to knowingly
sponsor or exhibit an animal in, or knowingly attend, a dog fighting
venture.
;
(2)in subsection
(b)—
(A)by striking
any person to knowingly sell
and inserting “any person—
(A)to knowingly
sell
;
and
(B)by striking the
period at the end and inserting ; or
; and
(C)by adding at the
end the following:
(B)to knowingly
sell, buy, possess, train, transport, deliver, or receive for purposes of
transportation, any dog or other animal for the purposes of having the dog or
other animal, or offspring of the dog or other animal, participate in a dog
fighting venture.
;
and
(3)in subsection
(g)—
(A)in paragraph (5),
by striking and
at the end;
(B)by redesignating
paragraph (6) as paragraph (7); and
(C)by inserting
after paragraph (5) the following:
(6)the term
dog fighting venture—
(A)means any event
that—
(i)involves a fight
between at least 2 animals;
(ii)includes at
least 1 dog; and
(iii)is conducted
for purposes of sport, wagering, or entertainment; and
(B)does not include
any activity the primary purpose of which involves the use of 1 or more animals
to hunt another animal;
and
.
(b)Enforcement of
animal fighting prohibitionsSection 49 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by inserting (or in the case of a dog fighting
venture (as defined in section 26(g) of that Act) not more than 5
years)
before , or both
.