### Question
How is the "animal crushing" defined?


### Answer
The term **animal crushing** is defined in *18 U.S.C. § 48* as follows -

> actual conduct in which one or more living non-human mammals, birds, reptiles, or amphibians is purposely crushed, burned, drowned, suffocated, impaled, or otherwise subjected to serious bodily injury (as defined in section 1365 and including conduct that, if committed against a person and in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, would violate section 2241 or 2242)

#### Citation:
  - *18 U.S.C. § 48*
  - Heading: **PART I-CRIMES > CHAPTER 3-ANIMALS, BIRDS, FISH, AND PLANTS**

