14. REFERENCED STATUTES
N.C. GEN. STAT. § 14-177 (2013). Crime against nature.
If any person shall commit the crime against nature, with mankind or beast, he shall be punished
as a Class I felon.
N.C. GEN. STAT. § 14-360 (2013). Cruelty to animals; construction of section.
(a) If any person shall intentionally overdrive, overload, wound, injure, torment, kill, or deprive
of necessary sustenance, or cause or procure to be overdriven, overloaded, wounded, injured,
tormented, killed, or deprived of necessary sustenance, any animal, every such offender shall for
every such offense be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
(a1) If any person shall maliciously kill, or cause or procure to be killed, any animal by
intentional deprivation of necessary sustenance, that person shall be guilty of a Class H felony.
(b) If any person shall maliciously torture, mutilate, maim, cruelly beat, disfigure, poison, or kill,
or cause or procure to be tortured, mutilated, maimed, cruelly beaten, disfigured, poisoned, or
killed, any animal, every such offender shall for every such offense be guilty of a Class H felony.
However, nothing in this section shall be construed to increase the penalty for cockfighting
provided for in G.S. 14-362.
(c) As used in this section, the words “torture”, “torment”, and “cruelly” include or refer to any
act, omission, or neglect causing or permitting unjustifiable pain, suffering, or death. As used in
this section, the word “intentionally” refers to an act committed knowingly and without
justifiable excuse, while the word “maliciously” means an act committed intentionally and with
malice or bad motive. As used in this section, the term “animal” includes every living vertebrate
in the classes Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves, and Mammalia except human beings. However, this
section shall not apply to the following activities:
(1) The lawful taking of animals under the jurisdiction and regulation of the Wildlife
Resources Commission, except that this section shall apply to those birds exempted by
the Wildlife Resources Commission from its definition of “wild birds” pursuant to G.S.
113-129(15a).
(2) Lawful activities conducted for purposes of biomedical research or training or for
purposes of production of livestock, poultry, or aquatic species.
(2a) Lawful activities conducted for the primary purpose of providing food for human or
animal consumption.
(3) Activities conducted for lawful veterinary purposes.
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