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...The director of agriculture shall take actions that the director determines are necessary to mitigate or eliminate the presence of chronic wasting disease or other disease at a facility owned by a captive whitetail deer licensee regarding monitored captive deer, captive deer with status, or captive deer with certified chronic wasting disease status if the director is notified of a positive result from a test fo...

...the state treasury to the credit of the animal and consumer protection fund created in section 943.26 of the Revised Code.

....01 of the Revised Code, from one wild animal hunting preserve licensed under section 1533.721 of the Revised Code to another such wild animal hunting preserve; (E) Tagging requirements for captive deer with status and captive deer with certified chronic wasting disease status for such deer that are propagated pursuant to a captive white-tailed deer propagation license issued under section 1533.71 of the Revi...

...The director of agriculture or the director's authorized representative may enter at reasonable times on the premises of a captive whitetail deer licensee to conduct investigations and inspections or to otherwise execute duties that are necessary for the administration and enforcement of sections 943.20 to 943.26 of the Revised Code and rules.

...e Revised Code shall be credited to the animal and consumer protection fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. The director of agriculture shall use money in the fund to administer Chapter 942. and sections 943.20 to 943.26 of the Revised Code and rules.

...(A) Whoever violates section 943.11 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree. (B) Whoever violates sections 943.01 to 943.10 and 943.12 to 943.17 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.

... sheep, swine, and other livestock, all animals are rendered insensible to pain by a single blow or gunshot or an electrical, chemical, or other means that is rapid and effective, before being shackled, hoisted, thrown, cast, or cut; (B) By slaughtering in accordance with the ritual requirements of the Jewish faith or any other religious faith that prescribes a methods of slaughter whereby the animal suffers loss of...

...Nothing in section 945.01 of the Revised Code shall be construed to prohibit, abridge, or in any way hinder the religious freedom of any person or group. Notwithstanding any other provisions of such section, in order to protect freedom of religion, ritual slaughter, and the handling or other preparation of livestock for ritual slaughter are exempted from the terms of section 945.01 of the Revised Code. For the purpo...

...All establishments engaged in the operation of commercial slaughtering of livestock as set forth in section 945.01 of the Revised Code shall be open to inspection, as to compliance with sections 945.01 and 945.02 of the Revised Code, at all reasonable times by any duly authorized officer.

...Whoever violates section 945.01 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.

..." means cattle, sheep, goats, and other animals of the family bovidae, swine and other animals of the family suidae, horses, mules, burros, asses, and other animals of the family equidae, alpacas, and llamas. (C) "Person" includes an individual, firm, association, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity, and the state and any of its agencies, institutions, instrumentalities, or political subdivisions.

...(A) The director of agriculture shall record livestock brands and maintain a central registry of brands. The director shall publish a booklet of brands registered pursuant to this section, containing a facsimile of each registered brand and the name and address of the individual to whom it is registered. The director shall update or supplement the booklet at least once annually and shall provide copies of the booklet...

...A brand currently registered under section 947.02 of the Revised Code is personal property of the person in whose name it is registered and may be sold, assigned, transferred, or bequeathed or pass under the laws of descent and distribution as other personal property. However, the buyer or other assignee or transferee of a currently registered brand shall apply to the director of agriculture on a form prescribed and ...

...f livestock sold, a description of each animal sold as to sex and kind, and identification of the brand and shall give a copy of the bill of sale to each hauler of livestock, other than railroads, to accompany the shipment of livestock while in transit. The bill of sale or a copy shall be shown by the possessor on demand to any law enforcement officer. The bill of sale is prima-facie evidence of the conveyance of tit...

...(A) No person, with purpose to deprive the owner of livestock and without privilege to do so, shall knowingly apply a brand to livestock owned by another or knowingly destroy or alter a brand on livestock owned by another. (B) No person shall knowingly offer to sell, sell, purchase, or transport livestock on which a brand has been destroyed or altered for the purpose of depriving the owner of the livestock. (C) No ...

...the state treasury to the credit of the animal and consumer protection laboratory fund created in section 901.43 of the Revised Code.

...The director of agriculture may, by rule adopted under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, establish and administer a program for registering identification numbers for farm equipment, livestock, and grain. The rules may provide for a central registry of identification numbers, the transfer, renewal, reinstatement, and reregistration of numbers, for fees, assuring that registrants are entitled to exclusive use of a num...

...(A) Whoever violates section 947.04 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. (B) Whoever violates division (A) or (B) of section 947.05 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree. (C) Whoever violates division (C) of section 947.05 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (D) Whoever violates division (D) of section 947.05 of the Revised Co...

..., or upon unenclosed land, or cause the animals to be herded, kept, or detained for the purpose of grazing on premises other than those owned or lawfully occupied by the owner or keeper of the animals.

...(A) The owner or keeper of an animal described in section 951.02 of the Revised Code, who negligently permits it to run at large in violation of that section, is liable for all damages resulting from injury, death, or loss to person or property caused by the animal in any of the places specified in section 951.02 of the Revised Code or upon the premises of another without reference to the fence that may enclose...

...A person finding an animal at large in violation of section 951.02 of the Revised Code, may, and a law enforcement officer of a county, township, city, or village, on view or information, shall, take and confine that animal, promptly giving notice of the taking and confining of the animal to the owner or keeper, if known, and, if not known, by publishing a notice describing the animal once in a newspaper of gen...

...If it is proven that an animal running at large in violation of section 951.02 of the Revised Code escaped from its owner or keeper without the owner's or keeper's knowledge or fault, the animal shall be returned to its owner or keeper upon payment of the compensation prescribed in section 951.13 of the Revised Code for its taking, advertising, and keeping.

... whose law enforcement officer takes an animal running at large in violation of section 951.02 of the Revised Code is entitled to receive from the owner or keeper of the animal the following compensation: (A) For taking and advertising each animal, five dollars; (B) Reasonable expenses actually incurred for keeping each animal. Compensation for taking, advertising, and keeping a single herd or flock shall not exc...

...Whoever recklessly violates section 951.02 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Animal" means any animal, other than a human being, and includes domestic fowl, wild birds, fish, and reptiles, living or dead. (B) "Licensee" means any person who is licensed in accordance with this chapter. (C) "Loading platform" means any place operated by a licensee for loading dead animals, or parts thereof, onto trucks to take them to a rendering plant or composting facilit...