Sentences with phrase «county animal abuse registry»

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Chautauqua County lawmakers unanimously passed a local law Wednesday night creating an animal abuse registry.

For animal - loving voters, a county registry with stiff penalties for offenders gives the authorities a leg up on those who would abuse helpless critters.

Two counties in New York introduced legislation regarding animal abuse registries.

According to Fox 13 News, Hillsborough residents, who have been convicted of animal abuse in any Florida county, must sign up with the registry.

On November 1, an animal abuse registry went into effect in Hillsborough County, Florida.

Thanks to the new ordinance, which was passed in September by county commissioners, animal shelters can (and must) search the registry, on the country - run website, to see if potential adopters have been convicted of animal abuse — if so, the adopter can and will be denied the right to adopt.

The third piece of legislation is to create an animal abuse registry for Miami Dade County.

Oklahoma HB 2553 would mandate an animal abuse registry in Oklahoma, requiring any person over the age of 18 who has been convicted of a felony animal cruelty violation, specifically § 1680 - 1700 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, to register with the sheriff of the county in which he or she lives.

Suffolk County, New York, was the first community to pass an animal abuse registry in 2010, and since then, many have followed in their footsteps.

Across the country, lawmakers at the state and county level have begun to consider the creation of animal - abuse registries.

Under this law, the sale or transfer of any «live vertebrate creature except man» to someone on the abuse registry or anyone who «purchases any animal on behalf of any person having resided in Cook County and listed as an animal abuse offender» is a violation punishable by escalating fines for subsequent offenses.

As detailed in this local article, headlined «Suffolk approves animal abuse registry bill,» a prominent county in New York has pioneered a new kind of criminal registry.

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