ORS 167.349: Encouraging animal abuse.

(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.