What UK Animal Welfare Act 2006 Section 8 - Animal Fighting Offences requires
Section 8 creates nine related offences targeting the animal fighting trade: causing or attempting to cause a fight, receiving admission money, publicising, providing information to enable attendance, betting on the outcome, taking part, possessing fight-related articles, keeping or training animals for fighting, and keeping premises for fights. Mere presence at an animal fight is an offence absent lawful authority or reasonable excuse. Distribution, supply, publication, showing, or possession with intent to supply of video recordings of animal fights is also an offence.
Pillar: Agriculture & Agritech · Authority: Parliament of the United Kingdom · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/45/section/8
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- Animal Welfare Act 2006 (c. 45) Section 8 (Fighting etc.) subsection (1): 'A person commits an offence if he (a) causes an animal fight to take place, or attempts to do so; (b) knowingly receives money for admission to an animal fight; (c) knowingly publicises a proposed animal fight; (d) provides information about an animal fight to another with the intention of enabling or encouraging attendance at the fight; (e) makes or accepts a bet on the outcome of an animal fight or on the likelihood of anything occurring or not occurring in the course of an animal fight; (f) takes part in an animal fight; (g) has in his possession anything designed or adapted for use in connection with an animal fight with the intention of its being so used; (h) keeps or trains an animal for use for in connection with an animal fight; (i) keeps any premises for use for an animal fight.' (legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/45/section/8)
- Animal Welfare Act 2006 Section 8(2): a person commits an offence if, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, he is present at an animal fight.
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