Oklahoma Statutes
Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 1682 (2026)
Instigating fights between animals
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Every person who maliciously, or for any bet, stake or reward, instigates or encourages any fight between animals with the exception of dogs, or instigates or encourages any animal with the exception of dogs to attack, bite, wound or worry another, upon conviction, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 184, § 10, emerg. eff. April 20, 1982.
Notes of Decisions
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cases, 1975–2004 · leading case: Edmondson v. Pearce, 2004 OK 23, 91 P.3d 605.
Edmondson v. Pearce, 2004 OK 23, 91 P.3d 605. “When presented with the issue of the constitutionality of 21 O.S. § 1682, the animal fighting statute, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals set forth the following "judicial yardstick” to determine the validity of a statute challenged as unconstitutionally vague: "Is the…”
Maloney v. State, 532 P.2d 78 (Okla. Crim. App. 1975). “Since this case must be reversed and remanded for a new trial, we deem it unnecessary to set forth the evidence adduced at trial; suffice it to say that the allegations of the charge in part of the Information 1 , and the evidence adduced on trial, were sufficient to fall within…”
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