574.050 - Definitions.
574.050 Definitions. As used in NRS 574.050 to 574.200, inclusive:
1. “Animal” does not include the human race, but includes every other living creature.
2. “First responder” means a person who has successfully completed the national standard course for first responders.
3. “Police animal” means an animal which is owned or used by a state or local governmental agency and which is used by a peace officer in performing his or her duties as a peace officer.
4. “Torture” or “cruelty” includes every act, omission or neglect, whereby unjustifiable physical pain, suffering or death is caused or permitted.
[1:178:1919; 1919 RL p. 3393; NCL § 10569]—(NRS A 1999, 2517; 2001, 997; 2007, 1926)