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Tenn. Code § 39-14-205: Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-14-205
What this law says, in plain English
It is unlawful to knowingly kill another person's animal without consent. The offense is treated as theft graded by the animal's value and punished under Tennessee's theft statute. A person may justify killing an animal if reasonably believing it posed imminent danger of death or serious injury, unless trespassing.
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