New Jersey § 4:22-26

§ 4:22-26.

A person who shall: a. (1) Overdrive, overload, drive when overloaded, overwork, abuse, or needlessly

kill a living animal or creature, or cause or procure, by any direct or indirect means,

including but not limited to through the use of another living animal or creature,

any such acts to be done; (2) Torment, torture, maim, hang, poison, unnecessarily or cruelly beat, cruelly abuse,

or needlessly mutilate a living animal or creature, or cause or procure, by any direct

or indirect means, including but not limited to through the use of another living

animal or creature, any such acts to be done; (3) Cause the death of, or serious bodily injury to, a living animal or creature from

commission of any act described in paragraph (2), (4), or (5) of this subsection,

by any direct or indirect means, including but not limited to through the use of another

living animal or creature, or otherwise cause or procure any such acts to be done; (4) Fail, as the owner or a person otherwise charged with the care of a living animal

or creature, to provide the living animal or creature with necessary care, or otherwise

cause or procure such an act to be done; or (5) Cause bodily injury to a living animal or creature from commission of the act

described in paragraph (4) of this subsection; b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2003, c. 232 ) c. Inflict unnecessary cruelty upon a living animal or creature, by any direct or

indirect means, including but not limited to through the use of another living animal

or creature; or leave the living animal or creature unattended in a vehicle under

inhumane conditions adverse to the health or welfare of the living animal or creature; d. Receive or offer for sale a horse that is suffering from abuse or neglect, or which

by reason of disability, disease, abuse or lameness, or any other cause, could not

be worked, ridden or otherwise used for show, exhibition or recreational purposes,

or kept as a domestic pet without violating the provisions of article 2 of chapter

22 of Title 4 of the Revised Statutes; e. Keep, use, be connected with or interested in the management of, or receive money

or other consideration for the admission of a person to, a place kept or used for

the purpose of fighting or baiting a living animal or creature; f. Be present and witness, pay admission to, encourage, aid or assist in an activity

enumerated in subsection e. of this section; g. Permit a person's place owned or controlled by the person to be used as provided in subsection

e. of this section; h. Carry, or cause to be carried, a living animal or creature in or upon a vehicle

or otherwise, in a cruel or inhumane manner; i. Use a dog or dogs for the purpose of drawing or helping to draw a vehicle for business

purposes; j. Impound or confine or cause to be impounded or confined in a pound or other place

a living animal or creature, and shall fail to supply the living animal or creature

during such confinement with a sufficient quantity of good and wholesome food and

water; k. Abandon a maimed, sick, infirm or disabled animal or creature to die in a public

place; l . Willfully sell, or offer to sell, use, expose, or cause or permit to be sold or

offered for sale, used or exposed, a horse or other animal having the disease known

as glanders or farcy, or other contagious or infectious disease dangerous to the health

or life of human beings or animals, or who shall, when any such disease is beyond

recovery, refuse, upon demand, to deprive the animal of life; m. Own, operate, manage or conduct a roadside stand or market for the sale of merchandise

along a public street or highway; or a shopping mall, or a part of the premises thereof;

and keep a living animal or creature confined, or allowed to roam in an area whether

or not the area is enclosed, on these premises as an exhibit; except that this subsection

shall not be applicable to: a pet shop licensed pursuant to P.L.1941, c. 151 ( C.4:19-15.1 et seq. ); a person who keeps an animal, in a humane manner, for the purpose of the protection

of the premises; or a recognized breeders' association, a 4-H club, an educational

agricultural program, an equestrian team, a humane society or other similar charitable

or nonprofit organization conducting an exhibition, show or performance; n. Keep or exhibit a wild animal at a roadside stand or market located along a public

street or highway of this State; a gasoline station; or a shopping mall, or a part

of the premises thereof; o . Sell, offer for sale, barter or give away or display live baby chicks, ducklings

or other fowl or rabbits, turtles or chameleons which have been dyed or artificially

colored or otherwise treated so as to impart to them an artificial color; p. Use any animal, reptile, or fowl for the purpose of soliciting any alms, collections,

contributions, subscriptions, donations, or payment of money except in connection

with exhibitions, shows or performances conducted in a bona fide manner by recognized

breeders' associations, 4-H clubs or other similar bona fide organizations; q. Sell or offer for sale, barter, or give away living rabbits, turtles, baby chicks,

ducklings or other fowl under two months of age, for use as household or domestic

pets; r. Sell, offer for sale, barter or give away living baby chicks, ducklings or other

fowl, or rabbits, turtles or chameleons under two months of age for any purpose not

prohibited by subsection q. of this section and who shall fail to provide proper facilities

for the care of such animals; s. Artificially mark sheep or cattle, or cause them to be marked, by cropping or cutting

off both ears, cropping or cutting either ear more than one inch from the tip end

thereof, or half cropping or cutting both ears or either ear more than one inch from

the tip end thereof, or who shall have or keep in the person's possession sheep or

cattle, which the person claims to own, marked contrary to this subsection unless

they were bought in market or of a stranger; t. Abandon a domesticated animal; u. For amusement or gain, cause, allow, or permit the fighting or baiting of a living

animal or creature ; or engage in, facilitate, or provide the means to engage in, trunk fighting as

defined in section 1 of P.L.2021, c. 83 ( C.4:22-24.1 ); v. Own, possess, keep, train, promote, purchase, or knowingly sell a living animal

or creature for the purpose of fighting or baiting that animal or creature; or own,

possess, buy, sell, transfer, or manufacture animal fighting paraphernalia as defined

pursuant to R.S.4:22-24 for the purpose of engaging in or otherwise promoting or facilitating the fighting

or baiting of a living animal or creature; w. Gamble on the outcome of a fight involving a living animal or creature; x. Knowingly sell or barter or offer for sale or barter, at wholesale or retail, the

fur or hair of a domestic dog or cat or any product made in whole or in part from

the fur or hair of a domestic dog or cat, unless such fur or hair for sale or barter

is from a commercial grooming establishment or a veterinary office or clinic or is

for use for scientific research; y. (1) Knowingly sell or barter, or offer for sale or barter, at wholesale or retail,

for human consumption, the flesh of a domestic dog or cat, or any product made in

whole or in part from the flesh of a domestic dog or cat; (2) Knowingly slaughter a horse for human consumption; (3) Knowingly sell or barter, or offer for sale or barter, at wholesale or retail,

for human consumption, the flesh of a horse, or any product made in whole or in part

from the flesh of a horse, or knowingly accept or publish newspaper advertising that

includes the offering for sale, trade, or distribution of any such item for human

consumption; (4) Knowingly transport a horse for the purpose of slaughter for human consumption; (5) Knowingly transport horsemeat, or any product made in whole or in part from the

flesh of a horse, for the purpose of human consumption; z. Surgically debark or silence a dog in violation of section 1 or 2 of P.L.2002, c. 102 ( C.4:19-38 or C.4:19-39 ); aa. Use a live pigeon, fowl or other bird for the purpose of a target, or to be shot

at either for amusement or as a test of skill in marksmanship, except that this subsection

and subsections bb. and cc. shall not apply to the shooting of game; bb. Shoot at a bird used as described in subsection aa. of this section, or is a party

to such shooting; or cc. Lease a building, room, field or premises, or knowingly permit the use thereof

for the purposes of subsection aa. or bb. of this section--- Shall forfeit and pay a sum according to the following schedule, to be sued for and

recovered, with costs, in a civil action by any person in the name of the municipality

or county wherein the defendant resides or where the offense was committed: For a violation of subsection e., f., g., u., v., w., or z. of this section or of

paragraph (3) of subsection a. of this section, or for a second or subsequent violation

of paragraph (2) or (5) of subsection a. of this section, a sum of not less than $3,000

nor more than $5,000; For a violation of subsection l . of this section, for a first violation of paragraph (2) or (5) of subsection a.

of this section a sum of not less than $1,000 nor more than $3,000; For a violation of paragraph (4) of subsection a. of this section, or subsection c.

of this section, a sum of not less than $500 nor more than $2,000; For a violation of subsection x. or paragraph (1) of subsection y. of this section,

a sum of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 for each domestic dog or cat fur

or fur or hair product or domestic dog or cat carcass or meat product sold, bartered,

or offered for sale or barter; For a violation of paragraph (2), (3), (4), or (5) of subsection y. of this section,

a sum of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 for each horse slaughtered or transported

for the purpose of slaughter for human consumption, or for each horse carcass or meat

product transported, sold or bartered, or offered or advertised for sale or barter; For a violation of subsection t. of this section, a sum of not less than $500 nor

more than $1,000, but if the violation occurs on or near a highway, a mandatory sum

of $1,000; For a violation of subsection d., h., j., k., aa., bb., or cc. of this section or

of paragraph (1) of subsection a. of this section, a sum of not less than $250 nor

more than $1,000; and For a violation of subsection i., m., n., o., p., q., r., or s. of this section, a

sum of not less than $250 nor more than $500.