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Utah's animal fighting laws are updated and expanded by this bill, which broadens the list of prohibited activities related to both dog fighting and game fowl fighting (cockfighting) and creates a new criminal offense for simply attending a game fowl fight. Under existing law, attending a dog fight is already a crime, but no equivalent offense existed for game fowl fights; this bill fills that gap, making it a class B misdemeanor to be present as a spectator at a game fowl fight or the preparations leading up to one. The bill also expands the game fowl fighting statute to explicitly prohibit selling a game fowl intended for fighting, and it adds a prohibition — for both dog and game fowl fighting laws — against causing or allowing a minor to attend a fight.