TITLE XL AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
CHAPTER 437 SALE OF PETS AND DISPOSITION OF UNCLAIMED ANIMALS
Unclaimed and Abandoned Animals
Section 437:22
437:22 Experimentation and Vivisection Prohibited. –
I. It shall be unlawful for any agent acting on behalf of an animal shelter facility as defined in RSA 437:1, I, or an animal care center as defined in RSA 437:18, III, to give, release, sell, trade or transfer with or without a fee any live animal brought, caught, detained, obtained or procured by any means, to any association, corporation, individual, educational institution, laboratory, medical facility, or anyone else, for the purpose of experimentation or vivisection.
II. All animals which are put to death by an animal control officer, humane retaining facility, animal care facility, or agents acting on behalf of such a facility shall be put to death humanely using a method approved by the commissioner of the New Hampshire department of agriculture, markets, and food.
III. Any person who violates the provisions of paragraphs I or II shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Source. 1985, 72:1. 1995, 130:4, eff. July 23, 1995. 2017, 156:234, eff. July 1, 2017.