§ 24133 Animal Transport Fraud Penalties

• •You can't lie about where you're taking animals that will be killed for food.
• •If you do this to skip a check-up for the animals, you're breaking the law.
• •You'll have to pay $500 for each animal you lied about.

A farmer loads cows into a truck and tells the inspector he's taking them to a nearby farm, but really he's driving them to another state to avoid a health check.

The farmer is breaking the law because he lied about where the cows were going to skip the check-up. He'll have to pay $500 for each cow he lied about.