Applicable federal statutes Applicable federal statutes Investigating Animal Cruelty 81 TITLE 7, USC, CHAPTER 54, § 2156 § 2156. Animal fighting venture prohibition (a) Sponsoring or exhibiting an animal in an animal fighting venture (1) In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), it shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly sponsor or exhibit an animal in an animal fighting venture. (2) Special rule for certain State 1 With respect to fighting ventures involving live birds in a State where it would not be in violation of the law, it shall be unlawful under this subsection for a person to sponsor or exhibit a bird in the fighting venture only if the person knew that any bird in the fighting venture was knowingly bought, sold, delivered, transported, or received in interstate or foreign commerce for the purpose of participation in the fighting venture. (b) Buying, selling, delivering, possessing, training, or transporting animals for participation in animal fighting venture It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly sell, buy, possess, train, transport, deliver, or receive any animal for purposes of having the animal participate in an animal fighting venture. (c) Use of Postal Service or other interstate instrumentality for promoting or furthering animal fighting venture It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly use the mail service of the United States Postal Service or any instrumentality of interstate commerce for commercial speech for purposes of advertising an animal, or an instrument described in subsection (e), for use in an animal fighting venture, promoting 2 or in any other manner furthering an animal fighting venture except as performed outside the limits of the States of the United States. (d) Violation of state law Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c) of this section, the activities prohibited by such subsection shall be unlawful with respect to fighting ventures involving live birds only if the fight is to take place in a State where it would be in violation of the laws thereof. (e) Buying, selling, delivering, or transporting sharp instruments for use in animal fighting venture It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly sell, buy, transport, or deliver in interstate or foreign commerce a knife, a gaff, or any other sharp instrument attached, or designed or intended to be attached, to the leg of a bird for use in an animal fighting venture.
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