### Question
How does CRIMES define animal crush video?


### Answer
Under *18 U.S.C. § 48*, **animal crush video** is defined as:

> any photograph, motion-picture film, video or digital recording, or electronic image that—


(1) depicts actual conduct in which 1 or more living non-human mammals, birds, reptiles, or amphibians is intentionally 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**

