Selected List of California Animal Laws*

Pen. 596 Poisoning Animals

Pen. 597 Crimes Against Animals Felony or Misdemeanor

Pen. 597b Fighting Animals and Birds (cockfighting)

Pen. 597c Training Animals to Fight, or Being Present

Pen. 597f Permitting Animals to Go Without Care: Veterinary care for Injured
Cats and Dogs

Pen. 597i Trading in Implements for Fighting Birds

Pen. 597j Possession of Gamecocks for Fighting Purposes

Pen. 597l Operation of Pet Shops

Pen. 597m Bullfight Exhibitions

Pen. 597n Docking Tails of Horses

Pen. 597o Equine: humane transport

Pen. 597s Abandonment of Dog or Cat

Pen. 597t Confinement of Animals

Pen. 597.1 Permitting Animals to Go Without Care: Veterinary Care for Injured
cats and Dogs: Preseizure and Postseizure Hearings.

Pen. 597.5 Fighting Dogs

Pen. 598a Dog and Cat pelts

Pen. 598b Pet Animals as Food Prohibited

Pen. 598c Prohibition of Horse Slaughter

Pen. 598d Prohibition on Sale of Horse Meat

Pen. 599 Chicks, Rabbits, etc,: Sale, Display. etc.: Restrictions

Pen. 599d Policy on Euthanasia of Adoptable or Treatable Animal

Pen. 653o Endangered Species: Importation and Sale

Pen. 653p Endangered Species: Sale of Dead Body

Pen. 667.83 Ceremonial Mutilation

* For the text of these laws see the California Penal Code.