The definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 77.15.194 through 77.15.198.
RCW 77.15.192
Finding-2001 c 1 (Initiative Measure No. 713): "The people of the state of Washington find that this act is necessary in order to protect people and domestic pets and to protect and conserve wildlife from the dangers of cruel and indiscriminate steel-jawed leghold traps and poisons, and to encourage the use of humane methods of trapping when trapping is necessary to ensure public health and safety, protect livestock or property, safeguard threatened and endangered species, or conduct field research on wildlife." [ 2001 c 1 s 1 (Initiative Measure No. 713, approved November 7, 2000).]
Severability-2001 c 1 (Initiative Measure No. 713): "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 2001 c 1 s 6 (Initiative Measure No. 713, approved November 7, 2000).]