(4) The lawful destruction of any animal for the purposes of protecting the public, other
animals, property, or the public health.
(5) The physical alteration of livestock or poultry for the purpose of conforming with
breed or show standards.
N.C. GEN. STAT. § 14-360.1 (2013). Immunity for veterinarian reporting animal cruelty.
Any veterinarian licensed in this State who has reasonable cause to believe that an animal has
been the subject of animal cruelty in violation of G.S. 14-360 and who makes a report of animal
cruelty, or who participates in any investigation or testifies in any judicial proceeding that arises
from a report of animal cruelty, shall be immune from civil liability, criminal liability, and
liability from professional disciplinary action and shall not be in breach of any veterinarianpatient
confidentiality, unless the veterinarian acted in bad faith or with a malicious purpose. It
shall be a rebuttable presumption that the veterinarian acted in good faith. A failure by a
veterinarian to make a report of animal cruelty shall not constitute grounds for disciplinary action
under G.S. 90-187.8.
N.C. GEN. STAT. § 14-361 (2013). Instigating or promoting cruelty to animals.
If any person shall willfully set on foot, or instigate, or move to, carry on, or promote, or engage
in, or do any act towards the furtherance of any act of cruelty to any animal, he shall be guilty of
a Class 1 misdemeanor.
N.C. GEN. STAT. § 14-361.1 (2013). Abandonment of animals.
Any person being the owner or possessor, or having charge or custody of an animal, who
willfully and without justifiable excuse abandons the animal is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
N.C. GEN. STAT. § 14-362 (2013). Cockfighting.
A person who instigates, promotes, conducts, is employed at, allows property under his
ownership or control to be used for, participates as a spectator at, or profits from an exhibition
featuring the fighting of a cock is guilty of a Class I felony. A lease of property that is used or is
intended to be used for an exhibition featuring the fighting of a cock is void, and a lessor who
knows this use is made or is intended to be made of his property is under a duty to evict the
lessee immediately.
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