Every Living thing is a DUMB Animal!
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Account to a law, the definition of a dumb animal is any living creature.
39-3-101 Definitions.
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In this part, and in every law relating to or affecting animals, the words animal or dumb animal shall be held to include every living creature; the words torture, torment, or cruelty shall be held to include every act, omission, or neglect whereby unjustifiable physical pain, suffering, or death is caused or permitted; but nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting the shooting of birds or game for the purpose of human food, or the use of animate targets by incorporated gun clubs.
[Acts 1881, ch. 169, � 13; 1895, ch. 75, �� 2, 3; Shan., � 2870; mod. Code 1932, � 5104; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), � 39-401.].
