§ 70-4-125 — Causing death to wildlife, hunting dog or domestic animal by poisonous substance prohibited

(a) No person shall deposit, place or cause to be deposited or placed out of doors any poisonous substance or any matter that has been rendered poisonous that causes or is capable of causing death or injury to wildlife, a hunting dog, or a domestic animal. Such prohibition applies only where the substance or matter is placed on the property of another. (b) No person shall knowingly or recklessly place or deposit, or cause to be placed or deposited, on such person's property a poisonous substance or any matter that would be rendered poisonous if consumed by an animal or human being, if such poison or poisonous matter could be reasonably assumed to be accessible by a minor under the age of fifteen (15) years. This subsection (b) shall only apply if the placing or depositing of the poisonous substance is done with the intent of causing death or injury to a hunting dog or a domestic animal. (c) A person who violates this section commits a Class C misdemeanor. (d) Such prohibition does not apply to rabies control activities of the appropriate public health officials.

Legislative History

Acts 1978, ch. 792, § 1; T.C.A., § 51-446; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113; 1995, ch. 211, § 1.