Jurisdiction for Swine - Prohibited Actions - Alabama

(b) The crime of hog and canine fighting occurs when a person organizes or conducts any commercial or private event, commonly referred to as a “catch,” wherein there is a display of combat or fighting between one or more domestic or feral canines and feral or domestic hogs and in which it is intended or reasonably foreseeable that the canines or hogs would be injured, maimed, mutilated, or killed. (c) The crime of hog and canine fighting occurs when a person intentionally does any of the following for the purpose of organizing, conducting, or financially or materially supporting any event as provided in subsection (b): (1) Finance, commercially advertise, sell admission tickets, or employ persons. (2) Own, manage, or operate any facility or property. (3) Supply, breed, train, or keep canines or hogs. (4) Knowingly purchase tickets of admission.;

Citation: Ala.Code 1975 § 13A-12-6;