As used in ORS 167.426 to 167.439:
- (1) “Cockfight” means a fight between two or more birds that is arranged by a person and that has the purpose or probable result of one bird inflicting injury to another bird.
- (2) “Constructive possession” means an exercise of dominion and control over the location and treatment of property without taking physical possession of the property.
- (3) “Fighting bird” means a bird that is intentionally reared or trained for use in, or that actually is used in, a cockfight.
- (4) “Gaff” means an artificial steel spur designed for attachment to the leg of a fighting bird in replacement of the bird’s natural spurs.
- (5) “Slasher” means a steel weapon resembling a curved knife blade designed for attachment to the foot of a fighting bird.
(6) “Source bird” means:
- (a) A hen used to produce one or more chicks intended for eventual use as fighting birds; or
- (b) A chick being reared with the intent that the chick eventually be used as a fighting bird or as a hen described in paragraph (a) of this subsection.
[2003 c.484 §1; 2017 c.276 §1]