Rhode Island § 4-1-11 § 4-1-11. Attendance at bird or animal fight.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 4-1-11 — § 4-1-11. Attendance at bird or animal fight.

Rhode Island § 4-1-11

Title 4Animals and Animal Husbandry

Ch. 4-1Cruelty to Animals

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 4-1-11 (2026).

Text

§ 4-1-11. Attendance at bird or animal fight.
Whoever is present at any place, building, or tenement where preparations are being
            made for an exhibition of the fighting of birds or animals, with the intent being
            present at that exhibition, or is present at that exhibition, shall be fined not exceeding
            one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) or imprisoned for not more than two (2)
            years, or both.
         

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§ 4-1-11. Attendance at bird or animal fight.

Whoever is present at any place, building, or tenement where preparations are being made for an exhibition of the fighting of birds or animals, with the intent being present at that exhibition, or is present at that exhibition, shall be fined not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) or imprisoned for not more than two (2) years, or both.

Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 114, § 16; G.L. 1909, ch. 138, § 16; G.L. 1923, ch. 141, § 16; G.L. 1938, ch. 640, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 4-1-11; P.L. 1975, ch. 181, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 176, § 1.