Revised Code of Washington
Wash. Rev. Code § 16.52.185 (2026)
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Nothing in this chapter applies to accepted husbandry practices used in the commercial raising or slaughtering of livestock or poultry, or products thereof or to the use of animals in the normal and usual course of rodeo events or to the customary use or exhibiting of animals in normal and usual events at fairs as defined in RCW 15.76.120.
Notes:
Finding—Intent—1994 c 261: See note following RCW 16.52.011.
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cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2010–2024 · leading case: Nw. Animal Rights Network v. State, 158 Wash. App. 237 (Wash. Ct. App. 2010).
Nw. Animal Rights Network v. State, 158 Wash. App. 237 (Wash. Ct. App. 2010). “RCW 16.52.185, .205(6). ¶3 Northwest Animal Rights Network and Rachel Bjork (together Network) filed a complaint against the State of Washington and King County.”
Nw. Animal Rights Network v. State, 242 P.3d 891 (Wash. Ct. App. 2010). “RCW 16.52.185,.205(6). ¶ 3 Northwest Animal Rights Network and Rachel Bjork (together "the Network") filed a complaint against the State of Washington and King County.”
Nw. Animal Rights Network v. State, 242 P.3d 891 (Wash. Ct. App. 2010). “RCW 16.52.185,.205(6). ¶ 3 Northwest Animal Rights Network and Rachel Bjork (together "the Network") filed a complaint against the State of Washington and King County.”
State of Washington v. Yuri Anatoly Feitser (Wash. Ct. App. 2024). “RCW 16.52.185 and RCW 16.52.205(7) list additional circumstances that are “explicitly not criminalized under” RCW 16.”
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