Sentences with phrase «animal cruelty charges when»

This enhanced penalty ensures that perpetrators are charged with felony animal cruelty charges when they face other felonies, such as burglary, and would serve as a deterrent to make criminals think twice before executing an animal or face additional jail time.

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Animal cruelty (OK Title 21 § 1685), a felony in Oklahoma, includes «any person who shall willfully or maliciously torture, destroy or kill, or cruelly beat or injure, maim or mutilate any animal in subjugation or captivity, whether wild or tame, and whether belonging to the person or to another, or deprived of necessary food, drink, shelter, or veterinary care to prevent suffering...» When an officer arrives on the scene, if the animals are found to be at risk, but the situation is not critical enough to warrant felony charges, any Oklahoma peace officer or animal control officer may describe the problems and give the owner or caregiver a certain number of days to correct the situAnimal cruelty (OK Title 21 § 1685), a felony in Oklahoma, includes «any person who shall willfully or maliciously torture, destroy or kill, or cruelly beat or injure, maim or mutilate any animal in subjugation or captivity, whether wild or tame, and whether belonging to the person or to another, or deprived of necessary food, drink, shelter, or veterinary care to prevent suffering...» When an officer arrives on the scene, if the animals are found to be at risk, but the situation is not critical enough to warrant felony charges, any Oklahoma peace officer or animal control officer may describe the problems and give the owner or caregiver a certain number of days to correct the situanimal in subjugation or captivity, whether wild or tame, and whether belonging to the person or to another, or deprived of necessary food, drink, shelter, or veterinary care to prevent suffering...» When an officer arrives on the scene, if the animals are found to be at risk, but the situation is not critical enough to warrant felony charges, any Oklahoma peace officer or animal control officer may describe the problems and give the owner or caregiver a certain number of days to correct the situanimal control officer may describe the problems and give the owner or caregiver a certain number of days to correct the situation.

When a dog warden encounters any animal who exhibits signs or symptoms of animal abuse, cruelty or neglect that warden has an obligation to contact a humane officer. It is the responsibility of the humane officer to investigate cases of suspected abuse, cruelty or neglect and, if substantiated, press charges against and prosecute the alleged animal abusers.Â

Stevenson was charged with animal cruelty but walked free in 2007 when jurors failed to come to a decision and a mistrial was declared.»

Reese Ransom, 85, was actually charged with aggravated animal cruelty — a misdemeanor — when he severely injured a feral kitten.

Simple cruelty occurs when a person intentionally or with criminal negligence overdrives, overloads, drives when overloaded, or overworks, torments, cruelly beats, or unjustifiably injures, or, having charge, custody, or possession of any animal, either as owner or otherwise, unjustifiably fails to provide any living animal with proper food, proper drink, proper shelter, or proper veterinary care.

This webinar is province - specific * and aims to provide participants with a working knowledge of the provincial legislation that governs animal cruelty and when it is more appropriate to pursue charges under provincial verses federal legislation.

Animal Cruelty (felony charge): A person commits the offense of aggravated cruelty to animals when he or she knowingly and maliciously causes death or physical harm to an animal by rendering a part of such animal's body useless or by seriously disfiguring such animal... (paraphrased) except for conduct otherwise permitted under state or federaAnimal Cruelty (felony charge): A person commits the offense of aggravated cruelty to animals when he or she knowingly and maliciously causes death or physical harm to an animal by rendering a part of such animal's body useless or by seriously disfiguring such animal... (paraphrased) except for conduct otherwise permitted under state or federaanimal by rendering a part of such animal's body useless or by seriously disfiguring such animal... (paraphrased) except for conduct otherwise permitted under state or federaanimal's body useless or by seriously disfiguring such animal... (paraphrased) except for conduct otherwise permitted under state or federaanimal... (paraphrased) except for conduct otherwise permitted under state or federal law.

The old policy was established under the United Animal Coalition, a Greensboro - based nonprofit that ran the shelter until last year — when its licensed was revoked after an investigation into charges of animal crAnimal Coalition, a Greensboro - based nonprofit that ran the shelter until last year — when its licensed was revoked after an investigation into charges of animal cranimal cruelty.

Tammy Rouse, executive director of the UCHS, was at the home in Maynardville, Tenn., on March 12 when the homeowners were charged with animal cruelty for hoarding 136 dogs inside their 1,000 square foot home.

Its breeder inspection program has also been known to have issues, as was demonstrated when an AKC «Breeder of Merit» was arrested and charged with two counts of animal cruelty after 70 dogs were rescued from their breeding facility.

Whoever overdrives, overloads, drives when overloaded, overworks, tortures, torments, deprives of necessary sustenance, cruelly beats, mutilates or kills an animal, or causes or procures an animal to be overdriven, overloaded, driven when overloaded, overworked, tortured, tormented, deprived of necessary sustenance, cruelly beaten, mutilated or killed; and whoever uses in a cruel or inhuman manner in a race, game, or contest, or in training therefor, as lure or bait a live animal, except an animal if used as lure or bait in fishing; and whoever, having the charge or custody of an animal, either as owner or otherwise, inflicts unnecessary cruelty upon it, or unnecessarily fails to provide it with proper food, drink, shelter, sanitary environment, or protection from the weather, and whoever, as owner, possessor, or person having the charge or custody of an animal, cruelly drives or works it when unfit for labor, or willfully abandons it, or carries it or causes it to be carried in or upon a vehicle, or otherwise, in an unnecessarily cruel or inhuman manner or in a way and manner which might endanger the animal carried thereon, or knowingly and willfully authorizes or permits it to be subjected to unnecessary torture, suffering or cruelty of any kind shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 7 years in state prison or imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 21/2 years or by a fine of not more than $ 5,000 or by both fine and imprisonment; provided, however, that a second or subsequent offense shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 10 years or by a fine of not more than $ 10,000 or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Stevenson was charged with animal cruelty, but a judge declared a mistrial when the jury was hung.

Ms. Morency: I would take the view that when you have a series of transactions that form one event, as my colleague noted, each part of it had a different charge, a different conviction and consecutive between the animal cruelty charge and fleeing the police officer.

¥ Coordinated with animal control experts to ensure proper care of captured animals ¥ Noted reports of strange animal behavior and alerted citizens when necessary ¥ Ensured that all captured animals were safely transported to impound facilities ¥ Provided food water and general care to all detained animals ¥ Contacted local vets when animals required some type of medical care ¥ Responded to public inquires regarding animal codes and regulations ¥ Ensured that all animal storage facilities were kept clean ¥ Conducted investigations into charged of animal cruelty ¥ Investigated reports of abnormal animal behavior.