Sentences with phrase «increased penalties for animal cruelty»

Increased penalties for animal cruelty, including the possibility of 90 days to seven years in jail and / or fines ranging from $ 300 to $ 15,000.

By increasing the penalty for animal cruelty we are not only working to keep animals safe from harm but we can hopefully have an even bigger impact in the overall efforts to reduce crime.

Legislation now in place in Massachusetts increases the penalties for animal cruelty, yet animals still need you to take action by reporting concerns or suspicions about animal abuse or neglect in your community to local authorities.

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H. 4244 would increase the maximum penalties for convictions of animal cruelty from 5 to 7 years and from $ 2,500 to $ 5,000.

In addition to regulating pet dealers, the new laws will increase penalties for the intentional killing of police animals, and improve the manner in which animal abusers are required to pay for the cost of care for abused animals that have been seized in cruelty cases.

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Several attempts to increase protection for animals in Ohio have failed in recent legislative sessions because they raised penalties for animal cruelty to a level equal to or above penalties for domestic violence against humans, shifted the burden of proof from the government to the accused animal owner, failed to provide for humane agent training, and did not exempt traditional and humane animal husbandry practices from the definition of cruelty.

The New Jersey Legislature passed two bills that will strengthen New Jersey's cruelty laws by increasing penalties for extreme animal neglect and will allow certain veterinary students to engage in supervised veterinary activities.

SB 28 / SB 29: To increase penalties for domestic violence - related animal cruelty and cruelty to large numbers of animals:

• The laws also increase the penalties for those who commit the most serious offences of cruelty against animals.

We banned cockfighting, made dogfighting a felony offense, passed licensing and regulatory control of puppy mills, increased penalties for neglect and abuse, covered birds under cruelty statutes, regulated the keeping of large carnivores, preserved local regulations on farm animals, and most recently, we helped pass the Canine Cruelty Prevention Act which has closed down over 1,200 puppy mills.

The HSUS recognized Reps. Grogins and Urban for their work on several fronts: increasing penalties for cruelty to animals, taking action against cruel puppy mills through passage of the Pet Lemon Law, banning Internet hunting, and passing legislation to increase likelihood of adoptions in municipal shelters.

It increases the penalty for repeat animal cruelty offences and it lets judges ban abusers from owning an animal for life!

The bill otherwise have increased the penalty for a violation of the prohibition against committing cruelty to animals, including farm animals, for a second or subsequent violation from a misdemeanor of the second degree to a misdemeanor of the first degree.