Existing law: (1) prohibits a person from engaging in cruelty to animals; and (2) authorizes any person who knows or has reasonable cause to believe that an animal has been subject to an act of cruelty to report that act to a peace officer, an officer of a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals that is authorized to make arrests or an animal control officer. (NRS 574.053, 574.100) This bill requires the owner or operator of a commercial establishment engaged in the business of selling access to live animals to interact with members of the public to post a sign of a certain size at the location in the commercial establishment where payment is made: (1) notifying the public that if a person believes that an animal is in danger or has been subjected to an act of animal cruelty, the person may contact the local animal control authority; and (2) providing the telephone number for such authority. This bill also: (1) imposes an administrative penalty against an owner or operator of such a commercial establishment who fails to conspicuously post the sign; and (2) exempts an accredited institutional member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums from the requirement to post such a sign.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 574.053
Reprint 1: 574.053
As Enrolled: 574.053
BDR: 574.053