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Ohio · Ohio Rev. Code 959.18
Quote checked October 14, 2026 Text match only; current legal status and enforcement not verified.
“No person who is not the owner thereof, shall shoot, kill, or maim an Antwerp or homing pigeon, commonly known as "carrier" pigeon, nor shall such person entrap, catch, or detain a carrier pigeon, provided it has the name of the owner stamped upon its wing or tail, or has a band with the owner's name, initial, or number on its leg.”
This section doesn't print a penalty of its own. Other parts of the Ohio Revised Code may set one; we haven't looked them up, so we don't state one here.
“Effective: October 1, 1953”
This is the effective date of the section's latest version, not when the rule was first written. The official page doesn't print an earlier history.
Our reading
Homing pigeons, which the section also calls Antwerp or carrier pigeons, get protection in Ohio when they carry proof of ownership: the owner's name stamped on a wing or tail, or a leg band with a name, initial or number. Anyone who isn't the owner can't shoot, kill or maim one, or trap, catch or hold on to one.
Written by Silly Rules from the quoted text above. It's a plain reading, not legal advice. We haven't researched how courts read this section or how often anyone enforces it.
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