State v. Fessenden / Dicke

How courts have described this case

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• discussing animal neglect and other animal welfare statutes as illustrating unique legal and social status of animals
• latter quotation from Rabideau v. City of Racine, 243 Wis 2d 486, 491, 627 NW2d 795, 798 (2001)
• latter quotation from Rabideau v. City of Racine, 243 Wis2d 486, 491, 627 NW 2d 795, 798 (2001)
• animal entitled to “statutory protection” through seizure without warrant if officer has probable cause to believe animal has been criminally neglected, neglect is ongoing, and seizure is necessary to prevent further serious imminent harm to animal
• officer observed starving horse that he believed may fall and require euthanasia
• animal entitled to “statutory protection” through sei- zure without warrant if officer has probable cause to believe animal has been criminally neglected, neglect is ongoing, and seizure is necessary to prevent further serious immi- nent harm to animal

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).