(a) Except as otherwise authorized by this code or regulations adopted pursuant to this code, including, but not limited to, those provisions that authorize raising deer to produce venison for market, it is unlawful for any person to possess, transport, import, export, propagate, purchase, sell, or transfer any live mammal enumerated in or designated pursuant to Section 2118 for the purposes of maiming, injuring, or killing the mammal for gain, amusement, or sport.
(b) Except as otherwise authorized by this code or regulations adopted pursuant to this code, the buyer of a live mammal enumerated in or designated pursuant to Section 2118 shall not resell the live mammal to another buyer who has the intent to maim, injure, or kill that mammal for purposes of gain, amusement, or sport.
(c) This section does not apply to the meat, hide, or parts of a dead mammal.
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(Added by Stats.1992, c. 888 (S.B.1332), § 1. Amended by Stats.2023, c. 132 (A.B.1760), § 43, eff. Jan. 1, 2024.)
Editors' Notes
LAW REVISION COMMISSION COMMENTS
2023 Amendment
Section 2124 is amended to conform to statutory language used in other code sections that refer to animals listed in Section 2118. See Sections 2123, 2185, 2190.
The section is also amended to add additional subdivisions and make other technical changes. [49 Cal.L.Rev.Comm. Reports __ (2023)].