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H.R. 578 (101st)

Anti-Live Animal Lure Act of 1989

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Introduced

20 January 1989

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture.

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26 August 2025

Summary

Anti-Live Animal Lure Act of 1989 - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit the sponsoring, exhibiting, or transporting to sponsor or exhibit of an animal or dog in any coursing venture. Defines "coursing" as an activity involving the pursuit by dogs of another animal as a visual lure for training, entertainment, sport, or wagering. Excludes from such definition an activity in which such animal has an opportunity to escape.

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