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negligence fails to provide minimum care for an animal in such person's cus- tody or control. ~3} Animal neglect in t,he,first degree. A person commits the crime of animal neglect in the first degree if, except as otherwise author- ized by law, the person intentionally, knowingly, recklessly or with criminal neg1~gence: ~a} Fails to provide minimum son's custody or control; and fib} Such failure to provide injury or death to the animal. care far an animal in such per- care results in serious physical 4.345 Exem tion for Livestock, Rodeo Animals and Commercia1l Graven Poult~. Unless gross negligence can be shown, the provisions of sections 4.335 and 4.34D shall not apply to the treatment of livestock being transported by owner or common carrier, animals involved in rodeos or similar exhibitions or commercially grown poultry. 4.350 Animal Abandonment. ~~} A person commits the crime of animal abandonment if the person intentionally, knowingly, recklessly or with criminal negligence leaves a domesticated animal at a location without providing for the animal's contin- ued care. ~2} ~t is no defense to the crime defined in subsection ~1} of this section that the defendant abandoned the animal at or near an animal shelter, veterinary clinic or other place of shelter if the defendant did not make reasonable arrangements for the care of the animal. 4.353 Forfeiture of Ri hts in Mistreated Animal; Costs; Dis osition of An i ma1, ~1} In addition to and not in lieu of any other sentence it may impose, a court may require a defendant convicted under 4.335 to 4.35o to forfeit any rights of the defendant in the animal subjected to abuse ne lect g or abandonment, and to repay the reasonable costs incurred by any erson ar p agency prior to judgment in caring far each animal subjected to abuse, neg- lect ar abandonment, ~2} when the court orders the defendant's rights in the animal to be forfeited, the court may further order that those rights be iven over to the animal re ulat' g g ion authority for further disposition in accordance with this chapter. This subsection sha11 not constitute or~authorize an limita- tion u on the ri ht of ~ y p g the animal regulat~an authority. A transfer of rights under this subsection canst~tutes a transfer of ownership. 4.355 involvement in Animal Fi htin . ~1} As used in this section, "exhibition of fighting" means a public or private display of combat between two ar mare animals in which the fighting, killing, maiming or injuring of animals is a si nificant feature. "Exhibition of g f~ght~ng does not include demonstrations of the hunting or tracking ski 11 s of an animal or the 1 awful use of animals for huntin track- g ing ar self-protection, Ordinance - 5