District of Columbia Statutes
§ 22-1002 — Other cruelties to animals.
District of Columbia § 22-1002
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Bluebook
D.C. Code § 22-1002 (2026).
Text
Every owner, possessor, or person having the charge or custody of any animal, who cruelly drives or works the same when unfit for labor, or cruelly abandons the same, or who carries the same, or causes the same to be carried, in or upon any vehicle, or otherwise, in an unnecessarily cruel or inhuman manner, or knowingly and wilfully authorizes or permits the same to be subjected to unnecessary torture, suffering, or cruelty of any kind, shall be punished for every such offense in the manner provided in § 22-1001 .
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Dean v. District of Columbia
653 A.2d 307 (District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 1995)
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In re M.M.D.
662 A.2d 837 (District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 1995)
Legislative History
Aug. 23, 1871, Leg. Assem., p. 135, ch. 106, § 2
Nearby Sections
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§ 22-1001
Definitions and penalties.§ 22-1002
Other cruelties to animals.§ 22-1002.01
Reporting requirements.§ 22-1005
Issuance of search warrants.§ 22-1006.01
Penalty for engaging in animal fighting.§ 22-1006.02
Possession of an implement of animal fighting.§ 22-1008
Relief of impounded animals.§ 22-1009
Keeping or using place for fighting or baiting of fowls or animals; arrest without warrant.§ 22-101
Definition and penalty.§ 22-1011
Neglect of sick or disabled animals.Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
District of Columbia § 22-1002, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/dc/22-1002.