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Want to learn about Laws relating to animal. Check out the links below to read detailed descriptions of Federal, State and Local Laws!

Federal Law
The Animal Welfare Act (AWA)
The AWA is the federal law that governs the humane care, handling, treatment, and transportation of animals used in laboratories. The AWA also covers dealers who sell animals to laboratories, animal exhibitors, carriers, and intermediate handlers, dog and cat breeders, puppy mills, zoos, circuses, roadside menageries, and transporters of animals. It excludes retail pet stores, state and county fairs, livestock shows, rodeos, purebred dog and cat shows, and fairs or exhibitions intended to advance agricultural arts and sciences.
The organization charged with enforcing the AWA is APHIS, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, a division of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
A person or organization found in violation of the AWA may face fines and/or imprisonment.
 

Indiana State Laws

Indiana Codes
Animal Health Laws IC 15-2.1
Fish & Wildlife Laws IC 14-22
Horse Racing Laws IC 4-31
Indiana Veterinary Practice Laws IC 15-5-1.1
Meat & Poultry Inspection and Humane Slaughter Laws 15-2.1-24
Offences Relating to Animals IC 35-46-3

Specific Laws:

Animal Cruelty
IC 35-46-3-11
IC 35-46-3-11.3
IC 35-46-3-11.5
IC 35-46-3-13

Animal Fighting
IC 35-46-3-4
IC 35-46-3-4.3
IC 35-46-3-8
IC 35-46-3-8.5
IC 35-46-3-9
IC 35-46-3-9.5
IC 35-46-3-10

Animal Neglect (See State of Indiana v. Eleisa for Neglect defined)
IC 35-46-3-7

Animals Running Loose
IC 15-2.1-21-8

Animal Torture (See State of Indiana v. Eleisa for Torture defined)
IC 35-46-3-12

Dead Animal Disposal
IC 15-2.1-16-20
IC 15-2.1-16-23

Diseased Animals & Transport of Diseased Animals
IC 15-2.1-21-1
IC 15-2.1-21-2
IC 15-2.1-21-3
IC 15-2.1-21-4
IC 15-2.1-21-5
IC 15-2.1-21-6
IC 15-2.1-21-7

Dog Bites
IC 15-5-12-1
IC 15-5-12-3
IC 15-5-12-4

Dogs that Kill Livestock
IC 15-5-7-1
IC 15-5-7-2
IC 15-5-7-3
IC 15-5-7-4

Impoundment of Animals
IC 15-5-12-5 for Dog Bites
IC 35-46-3-6 for Neglect

Horse Racing Regulations
IC 15-5-5.2

Non-immunized Dog
IC 35-46-3-1

Racing Pigeons
IC 15-5-15-1
IC 15-5-15-2

Sale of Dogs under 8 weeks
IC 15-2.1-21-11.1

Sale of Birds & Rabbits
IC 15-2.1-21-13

Please go to Indiana Code search page and type in number that you found next to the subject title  to see what it says about each subject relating to animals. If you are looking for topics that are not listed, type the subject in the search bar.

Indiana Appellate Court Decisions

Elisea v. State of Indiana
777 N.E.2d 46 (2002)
We must use Webster's Dictionary to define words that are not specified in State Law (i.e. Neglect, Torture, Mutilate, etc.)

Lykins v. State of Indiana
726 N.E.2d 1265 (2000)
States that shelter is a vital part of caring for animals and that if you can not find feed for your animals, but others in your area can you have no excuse for starving your animals.

Local Ordinances

Indianapolis & Terre Haute Animal Control Ordinances
City of West Lafayette Ordinances
Bluffton/Wells County Animal Codes
Miami County Animal Ordinances

If you have questions about city ordinances pertaining to animals (the number allowed per household, leash laws, etc.), please contact your County Animal Control Officer or Sheriff's Department County.

Want to find out about Animal Laws in different states? Click HERE!
 

The University of Vermont - Want to find out about Court of Appeals decisions for Cruelty to Horses? Click Here!

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