Pennsylvania · Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, Title 18 (Crimes & Offenses)

18 Pa.C.S. § 5545: Killing homing pigeons

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A person commits a summary offense by shooting, maiming, killing, detaining, or entrapping an Antwerp or homing pigeon, whether in flight or at rest, or a pigeon bearing its owner's name.

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