AnimalsRule
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? New Mexico
In NM Kokfighting is only a petty misdemeanor, but extreme animal cruelty is considered a felony.If someone gets caught Kokfighting can they be charged with extreme animal cruelty instead of Kokfighting to bypass the misdemeanor and get them for a Felony??
Extreme cruelty to animals consists of a person:
(1) intentionally or maliciously torturing,
mutilating, injuring or poisoning an animal; or
(2) maliciously killing an animal.
F. Whoever commits extreme cruelty to animals is
guilty of a fourth degree felony
In NM Kokfighting is only a petty misdemeanor, but extreme animal cruelty is considered a felony.If someone gets caught Kokfighting can they be charged with extreme animal cruelty instead of Kokfighting to bypass the misdemeanor and get them for a Felony??
Extreme cruelty to animals consists of a person:
(1) intentionally or maliciously torturing,
mutilating, injuring or poisoning an animal; or
(2) maliciously killing an animal.
F. Whoever commits extreme cruelty to animals is
guilty of a fourth degree felony