1. (1) A person commits the crime of dogfighting if the person knowingly does any of the following:

   1. (a) Owns, possesses, keeps, breeds, trains, buys, sells or offers to sell a fighting dog, including but not limited to any advertisement by the person to sell such a dog.
   2. (b) Promotes, conducts or participates in, or performs any service in the furtherance of, an exhibition of dogfighting, including but not limited to refereeing of a dogfight, handling of dogs at a dogfight, transportation of spectators to a dogfight, organizing a dogfight, advertising a dogfight, providing or serving as a stakes holder for any money wagered on a fight.
   3. (c) Keeps, uses or manages, or accepts payment of admission to, any place kept or used for the purpose of dogfighting.
   4. (d) Suffers or permits any place over which the person has possession or control to be occupied, kept or used for the purpose of an exhibition of dogfighting.
2. (2) Dogfighting is a Class C felony.

[1987 c.249 §2]