AN ACT RELATIVE TO ANIMAL FIGHTING OR CRUELTY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows:
Section 95 of chapter 272 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 5 and 6, the words “two hundred and fifty dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one month, or both” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- $1,000 or by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 5 years or imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 2½ years or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Approved January 5, 2009.