Section 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.