Title 11, Title 11 — Agriculture, Livestock And Other Animals

Killing of horses for meat; unmutilated hide or certificate of inspection to be produced; penalties. (a) Any person who kills any horse for the purpose of using, selling or offering for sale the meat or carcass for tankage, or for the purpose of feeding the same to domestic stock…

Mutilation of hide from horse; penalties; allegations in prosecutions. (a) Any person who willfully or maliciously mutilates, destroys or conceals any hide from any horse, mule, jack, jennet, bovine animal, goat, hog or sheep with the intent to remove evidence of ownership of the…

Hide buyer; designation. Any person engaged in the purchase and sale of hides within this state shall be known and designated as a hide buyer.

Hide buyer; bill of sale required; contents; copy to seller. A hide buyer shall require every person from whom he purchases hides or pelts to deliver to him a bill of sale for the hides and pelts, executed in duplicate. One (1) copy shall be retained by the seller and the other c…

Hide buyer; record of purchases to be kept; contents; inspection by sheriff. Every hide buyer in this state shall keep a true record of all hides and pelts purchased by him, showing the name of the seller of the hides or pelts, the date of purchase and all brands and other identi…

Hide buyer; inspection for interstate commerce; certificate; fee. It is unlawful for any hide buyer within this state to ship or haul any hides or pelts out of Wyoming unless the hides or pelts have been inspected by a livestock inspector and a certificate of inspection given the…

Stock killed by transportation company. When any livestock is killed by a transportation company within this state, the company shall cause the hides from all animals killed to be inspected by an inspector, except where the owner or his agent or employee has seen and identified t…

Penalties. Any person violating any provision of W.S. 11-23-202 through 11-23-206 shall be punished as provided in W.S. 11-1-103.

Generally; exceptions. With the consent of the owner, unless removal is contrary to state, county or local sanitary regulations or in the opinion of the state veterinarian might result in spreading contagious or infectious disease or threaten the health of human beings, animals o…

Transportation to another state prohibited without inspection; proof of ownership required. Without the consent of the owner, or agent, it is unlawful to transport or cause to be transported carcasses of horses, mules, cattle or sheep from Wyoming to any other state without prior…

Hide inspection certificate. After receiving satisfactory proof of ownership of carcasses of animals to be transported from the state, the inspector shall sign and issue a hide inspection certificate on a form approved by the board, listing the class and number of carcasses inspe…

Inspection fee; disposition thereof. For making an inspection of carcasses the inspector shall collect the inspection fee prescribed by law for each horse, mule, cattle or sheep carcass. All fees collected shall be transmitted to the board.

Penalty. Violation of any provision of W.S. 11-23-301 through 11-23-304 is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00).