659A.143. ����� (3) As used in this section and ORS 30.822: ����� (a) �Search and rescue animal� means that the animal has been professionally trained for, and is actively used for, search and rescu

659A.143.

����� (3) As used in this section and ORS 30.822:

����� (a) �Search and rescue animal� means that the animal has been professionally trained for, and is actively used for, search and rescue purposes.

����� (b) �Therapy animal� means an animal other than an assistance animal that has been professionally trained for, and is actively used for, therapy purposes.

����� (4) Interfering with an assistance, a search and rescue or a therapy animal is a Class A misdemeanor. [1993 c.312 �3; 2007 c.70 �37; 2013 c.530 �6]

����� 167.355 Involvement in animal fighting. (1) A person commits the crime of involvement in animal fighting if the person:

����� (a) Owns or trains an animal with the intention that the animal engage in an exhibition of fighting;

����� (b) Promotes, conducts, participates in or is present as a spectator at an exhibition of fighting or preparations thereto;

����� (c) Keeps or uses, or in any way is connected with or interested in the management of, or receives money for the admission of any person to any place kept or used for the purpose of an exhibition of fighting; or

����� (d) Knowingly suffers or permits any place over which the person has possession or control to be occupied, kept or used for the purpose of an exhibition of fighting.

����� (2) For purposes of this section:

����� (a) �Animal� means any bird, reptile, amphibian, fish or nonhuman mammal, other than a dog or a fighting bird as defined in ORS 167.426.

����� (b) �Exhibition of fighting� means a public or private display of combat between two or more animals in which the fighting, killing, maiming or injuring of animals is a significant feature. �Exhibition of fighting� does not include demonstrations of the hunting or tracking skills of an animal or the lawful use of animals for hunting, tracking or self-protection.

����� (3) Involvement in animal fighting is a Class C felony. [Formerly 167.865; 1987 c.249 �6; 2003 c.484 �9; 2009 c.796 �2]

����� 167.360 Definitions for ORS 167.360 to 167.372. As used in ORS 167.360 to 167.372:

����� (1) �Breaking stick� means a device designed for insertion behind the molars of a dog for the purpose of breaking the dog�s grip on another animal or object.

����� (2) �Cat mill� means a device that rotates around a central support with one arm designed to secure a dog and one arm designed to secure a cat, rabbit or other small animal beyond the grasp of the dog.

����� (3) �Dogfight� means a fight, arranged by any person, between two or more dogs the purpose or probable result of which fight is the infliction of injury by one dog upon another.

����� (4) �Dogfighting paraphernalia� means:

����� (a) A breaking stick;

����� (b) A springpole;

����� (c) A cat mill;

����� (d) A treadmill;

����� (e) A fighting pit;

����� (f) A leather or mesh collar with a strap more than two inches in width;

����� (g) A weighted or unweighted chain collar weighing 10 pounds or more; or

����� (h) An unprescribed veterinary medicine that is a prescription drug as defined in ORS