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...ated or is violating this chapter or rules adopted under it. An action for injunction shall be filed in the appropriate court in the county in which the violation is alleged to have occurred. The court shall grant such injunctive relief upon a showing that the person against whom the action is brought has violated or is violating this chapter or rules adopted under it. The court shall give precedence to such an act...

...ed any provision of this chapter or a rule adopted under it if the violation materially threatens the health or welfare of a dog. (2) The applicant has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a disqualifying offense as determined in accordance with section 9.79 of the Revised Code. (B) The director may suspend or revoke a license issued under this chapter for violation of any provision of this chapter or a rule ad...

... duly designated person. The fees and mileage of the person serving the subpoena shall be the same as those allowed by the courts of common pleas in criminal cases and shall be paid from the funds of the department of agriculture. Fees and mileage for the witness shall be the same as those allowed for witnesses by the courts of common pleas in criminal cases and, upon request of the witness following the hearing, sha...

... be reappointed. Vacancies shall be filled in the manner provided for the original appointments. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration date of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of the term. A member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until the member's successor takes office...

... deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the commercial dog breeding fund, which is hereby created. The fund shall also consist of money appropriated to it. (B) The director shall use the money in the fund for the purpose of administering this chapter and rules adopted under it.

...ts: (1) The breeder is licensed by the United States department of agriculture under 7 U.S.C. 2133 and, if applicable, a state agency. (2) The breeder has not been issued a report of a direct noncompliance violation by the United States department of agriculture under the federal animal welfare act, as defined in section 959.131 of the Revised Code, for a period of three years prior to offering for sale, delivering...

...out a health certificate signed by an accredited veterinarian; (3) A dog that does not have a permanent implanted identification microchip that is approved for use by the director of agriculture under rules adopted under section 956.03 of the Revised Code; (4) A dog to a person who is younger than eighteen years of age as verified by valid photo identification; (5) A dog acquired from a qualified breeder or a d...

... deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the commercial dog breeding fund created in section 956.18 of the Revised Code. (E) No owner, operator, or manager of a pet store shall negligently display, offer for sale, deliver, barter, auction, broker, give away, transfer, or sell any live dog from a pet store in this state unless a license has been issued for the pet store by the director of agriculture in acc...

...civil penalty under this section is liable for a civil penalty of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars for a first violation, not more than five thousand dollars for a second violation, and not more than ten thousand dollars for a third or subsequent violation. (C) Any person assessed a civil penalty under this section shall pay the amount prescribed to the department of agriculture. The department shall...

... or other law adopted to regulate the sale, delivery, barter, auction, broker, or transfer of a dog to a person from a pet store.

...Whoever violates division (A), (B), or (C) of section 956.051 of the Revised Code, division (A), (B), or (C) of section 956.20 of the Revised Code, or division (E) of section 956.21 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

...division of wildlife and the wildlife council created by sections 121.04 and 1531.03 of the Revised Code for approval. (D) The director shall conduct such approved programs in areas in which the population of such blackbirds makes control practicable and feasible. (E) The director may cooperate with and may accept contributions from any individual, corporation, or agency of the United States, this state, or any of ...

...No owner or keeper of a dog, cat, or other domestic animal, shall abandon such animal.

...ure a horse, mare, foal, filly, jack, mule, sheep, goat, cow, steer, bull, heifer, ass, ox, swine, dog, cat, or other domestic animal that is the property of another. This section does not apply to a licensed veterinarian acting in an official capacity.

... poisoned food where it may be easily found and eaten by any of such animals, either upon his own lands or the lands of another.

...ng, or a sufficient sum of money is deposited with the nearest judge of a county court or judge of a municipal court having jurisdiction within such time to cover such damages. Such deposit shall remain in the custody of such judge until there is a determination of the damages resulting from such killing or injury and from such trespass. Such judge and his bondsmen shall be responsible for the safekeeping of such mon...

...ment not specifically permitted under rules of the state racing commission promulgated pursuant to Chapter 3769. of the Revised Code or under rules of the society, in respect to a county or independent agricultural society, or of the Ohio expositions commission, in respect to the Ohio state fair. This section does not apply to any horse racing meeting conducted under a permit issued pursuant to Chapter 3769. of the R...

... than a method that immediately and painlessly renders the domestic animal initially unconscious and subsequently dead. (C)(1) Except as provided in division (C)(2) of this section, no animal shelter shall destroy a domestic animal by the use of a carbon monoxide gas chamber, carbon dioxide gas chamber, or any other nonanesthetic inhalant. (2) An animal shelter may destroy a domestic animal by the use of a carbon...

... or older within this state who is disabled by the infirmities of aging or who has a physical or mental impairment which prevents the person from providing for the person's own care or protection, and who resides in an independent living arrangement. (7) "Violation involving a companion animal" means any violation of section 959.01, 959.02, 959.03, 959.13, 959.131, 959.15, 959.16, or 959.21 of the Revised Code invo...

...og warden, or deputy dog warden has knowledge or reasonable cause to suspect that a violation involving a companion animal has occurred or is occurring; (B) The officer, dog warden, or deputy dog warden has knowledge or reasonable cause to suspect that a child or older adult resides with the alleged violator; (C) The officer, dog warden, or deputy dog warden suspects that the violation involving a companion anima...

...imal, if known; (c) The nature and extent of the suspected abuse; (d) Any other information that the person making the report believes may be useful in establishing the existence of the suspected violation involving a companion animal or the identity of the person causing the violation involving a companion animal. (2) An officer, dog warden, or deputy dog warden required to make a report under section 959.08 o...

...The entity with responsibility for employment oversight of an officer, dog warden, or deputy dog warden shall issue that individual a confidential written warning if the entity discovers that the individual has violated section 959.08 of the Revised Code. The entity shall include in the warning an explanation of the violation and the reporting requirement.

...pon a horse, mare, foal, filly, jack, mule, sheep, goat, cow, steer, bull, heifer, ass, ox, swine, that is the property of another.

...nce, unnecessarily or cruelly beat, needlessly mutilate or kill, or impound or confine an animal without supplying it during such confinement with a sufficient quantity of good wholesome food and water; (2) Impound or confine an animal without affording it, during such confinement, access to shelter from wind, rain, snow, or excessive direct sunlight if it can reasonably be expected that the animal would otherwise b...

...ng: (a) Physical harm that carries an unnecessary or unjustifiable substantial risk of death; (b) Physical harm that involves either partial or total permanent incapacity; (c) Physical harm that involves acute pain of a duration that results in substantial suffering or that involves any degree of prolonged or intractable pain. (B) No person shall knowingly torture, torment, needlessly mutilate or maim, cruell...