Sections 28-1008 to 28-1016 shall not apply to: (1) Care or treatment of an animal by a veterinarian licensed under the Nebraska Veterinary Practice Act;
(2) Commonly accepted care or treatment of a police animal by a law enforcement officer in the normal course of his or her duties;
(3) Research activity carried on by any research facility currently meeting the standards of the federal Animal Welfare Act, 7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq.;
(4) Commonly accepted practices of hunting, fishing, or trapping;
(5) Commonly accepted practices occurring in conjunction with rodeos, animal racing, or pulling contests;
(6) Humane killing of an animal by the owner or by his or her agent or a veterinarian upon the owner's request;
(7) Commonly accepted practices of animal husbandry with respect to farm animals, including their transport from one location to another and nonnegligent actions taken by personnel or agents of the Nebraska Department of Agriculture or the United States Department of Agriculture in the performance of duties prescribed by law;
(8) Use of reasonable force against an animal, other than a police animal, which is working, including killing, capture, or restraint, if the animal is outside the owned or rented property of its owner or custodian and is injuring or posing an immediate threat to any person or other animal;
(9) Killing of house or garden pests;
(10) Commonly followed practices occurring in conjunction with the slaughter of animals for food or byproducts; and
(11) Commonly accepted animal training practices.
