(1) A person commits the crime of encouraging animal abuse if the person:
(a) Obtains a previously abused, neglected or abandoned animal from an animal care agency under ORS 167.348 or the court under ORS 167.350; and
(b) Knowingly allows the person from whom the animal was forfeited to possess the animal.
(2) Encouraging animal abuse is a Class C misdemeanor. [2009 c.273 §3]