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    ANIMAL, DOGFIGHTING
          167.365 Dogfighting. (1) A person commits the crime of dogfighting if the person knowingly does any of the following:
          (a) Owns, possesses, keeps, breeds, trains, buys, sells or offers to sell a fighting dog, including but not limited to any advertisement by the person to sell such a dog.
          (b) Promotes, conducts or participates in, or performs any service in the furtherance of, an exhibition of dogfighting, including but not limited to refereeing of a dogfight, handling of dogs at a dogfight, transportation of spectators to a dogfight, organizing a dogfight, advertising a dogfight, providing or serving as a stakes holder for any money wagered on a fight.
          (c) Keeps, uses or manages, or accepts payment of admission to, any place kept or used for the purpose of dogfighting.
          (d) Suffers or permits any place over which the person has possession or control to be occupied, kept or used for the purpose of an exhibition of dogfighting.
          (2) Dogfighting is a Class C felony.


          167.370 Participation in dogfighting. (1) A person commits the crime of participation in dogfighting if the person knowingly:
          (a) Attends or has paid admission at any place for the purpose of viewing or betting upon a dogfight.
          (b) Advertises or otherwise offers to sell equipment that the person knows or reasonably should know will be used for the purpose of training and handling a fighting dog.
          (2) Participation in dogfighting is a Class C felony.


          167.372 Possessing dogfighting paraphernalia. (1) A person commits the crime of possessing dogfighting paraphernalia if the person owns or possesses dogfighting paraphernalia with the intent that the paraphernalia be used to train a dog as a fighting dog or be used in the furtherance of a dogfight.
          (2) Possessing dogfighting paraphernalia is a Class C felony.
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