Keeper of dangerous wild animals must register animals, exceptions-- penalty.

578.023.
1. No. person may keep any lion, tiger, leopard, ocelot, jaguar, cheetah, margay, mountain lion, canada lynx, bobcat, jaguarundi, hyena, wolf, or coyote, or any deadly, dangerous, or poisonous reptile, in any place other than a properly maintained zoological park, circus, scientific, or educational institution, research laboratory, veterinary hospital, or animal refuge, unless such person has registered such animals with the local law enforcement agency in the county in which the animal is kept.

2. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.

     (L. 1983 S.B. 211 § 9)

Duty of owner or person in charge to kill dog or have immunized.

322.030.
Whenever any dog has been bitten by, fought with, or has been substantially exposed to any dog affected with rabies, it shall be the duty of the owner, or person in charge thereof, forthwith to kill such exposed dog or have it immunized against rabies at the owner's or custodian's expense, by the administration of anti-rabic virus by a licensed veterinarian.

     (RSMo 1939 § 14540, repealed L. 1953 p. 662 § A, again enacted L. 1955 p. 754)
     Prior revision: 1929 § 12866

Dogs may be killed, when.

273.030.
If any person shall discover any dog or dogs in the act of killing, wounding or chasing sheep in any portion of this state, or shall discover any dog or dogs under such circumstances as to satisfactorily show that such dog or dogs has or have been recently engaged in killing or chasing sheep or other domestic animal or animals, such person is authorized to immediately pursue and kill such dog or dogs; provided, however, that such dog or dogs shall not be killed in any enclosure belonging to or being in lawful possession of the owner of such dog or dogs.

     (RSMo 1939 § 14536)
     Prior revisions: 1929 § 12862; 1919 § 4352; 1909 § 856

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