§ 11-30-114 — Tampering with or drugging of livestock prohibited; definitions; penalty

Wyoming § 11-30-114

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 11: Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals
• Ch. 30: OFFENSES CONCERNING LIVESTOCK AND OTHER ANIMALS

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(a) No person shall tamper with or sabotage any livestock
which has been registered, entered or exhibited in any
exhibition in this state.
(b) No person shall administer, dispense, distribute,
manufacture, sell or use any drug to or for livestock which has
been registered, entered or exhibited in any exhibition in this
state unless the drug is approved for such use by the United
States Food and Drug Administration or the United States
Department of Agriculture. However, nothing shall prevent any
person from using a drug on livestock owned by him if either
federal agency has approved an application submitted for
investigational use in accordance with the federal Food, Drug
and Cosmetic Act.
(c) Any person who violates this section shall be punished
as provided by W.S. 11-1-103.
(d) As used in this section:
(i) "Drug" means as defined by W.S. 35-7-110(a)(x);
(ii) "Exhibition" means a show or sale of livestock
at a fair or elsewhere in this state that is sponsored by or
under the authority of the state or any political subdivision,
local government, or any agricultural, horticultural or
livestock society, association or corporation;
(iii) "Livestock" means any animal generally used for
food or in the production of food, including, but not limited
to, horses, mules and asses, cattle, sheep, goats, poultry,
swine, rabbits or llamas;
(iv) "Sabotage" means to intentionally tamper with
any livestock belonging to or owned by another person that has
been registered, entered or exhibited in any exhibition or
raised for the apparent purpose of being entered in an
exhibition;
(v) "Tamper" shall not include any action taken or
activity performed or administered by a licensed veterinarian or
in accordance with instructions of a licensed veterinarian if
the action or activity was undertaken for accepted medical
purposes or any action taken as part of accepted grooming,
commercial or medical practices, but shall include any of the
following:
(A) Treatment of livestock in such a manner that
food derived from the livestock would be considered adulterated
under the Wyoming Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, W.S. 35-7-109 et
seq.;
(B) The injection, use or administration of any
drug that is prohibited by any federal, state or local law or
any drug that is used in a manner prohibited by any federal,
state or local law;
(C) The injection or other internal
administration of any product or material, whether gas, solid or
liquid, to any livestock for the purposes of deception including
concealing, enhancing or transforming the true conformation,
configuration, color, breed, condition or age of the livestock
or making the livestock appear more sound than the livestock
would otherwise appear;
(D) The use or administration for cosmetic
purposes of steroids, illegal growth stimulants or internal
artificial filling, including paraffin, silicone injection, or
any other substance;
(E) The use or application of any drug or feed
additive affecting the central nervous system of the livestock;
(F) The use or administration of diuretics for
cosmetic purposes;
(G) The manipulation or removal of tissue, by
surgery or otherwise, so as to change, transform or enhance the
true conformation or configuration of the livestock. Nothing in
this subparagraph shall prohibit generally accepted management
practices including but not limited to the dehorning, castration
or spaying, corrective shoeing or trimming of any livestock;
(H) Subjecting the livestock to inhumane
conditions or procedures for the purpose of concealing,
enhancing or transforming the true conformation, configuration,
condition or age of the livestock or making the livestock appear
more sound than the livestock would otherwise appear;
(J) Substituting any different livestock for the
livestock registered or entered in the exhibition without the
permission of a responsible official of the exhibition.