Sentences with phrase «animal cruelty convictions»

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In those meetings, breeders argued that those with felony animal cruelty convictions should be allowed to hold a breeder's license, or that convicted felons should be able to allow their child to hold the license for them.

Although earlier versions of the bills would have required shelters to conduct a criminal background check, and prohibited adoption of animals by individuals with recent animal cruelty convictions, the language was watered down to allow rather than require, in what Rep. Paul Muxlow, sponsor of HB 4355, called «a compromise.»

This year, we rescued 249 animals from 22 abusive and neglectful situations, and proudly achieved Kanawha County's first animal cruelty convictions resulting in jail time (three of them!)

There is also a web site set up where readers can sign a petition pushing for animal cruelty convictions.

Not exact matches

In the 10 years leading up to the end of 2015, 13,835 offences were committed by those with a previous conviction, or caution for animal cruelty, including murder and rape.

The OAA animal anti-Cruelty program provides extra incentive to help support convictions of animal cruelty cases across the state of Oklahoma.

This is done by putting up reward money for information that leads to an arrest and conviction of the perpetrator (s), keeping the public informed on court dates of current animal cruelty cases and by providing law enforcement with necropsies and resources, if needed to build a case.

Neither did the Hayden Act ---- although it prevented individuals from adopting animals within three years of a conviction for animal abuse or neglect ---- require the key personnel of the nonprofits receiving the animals to undergo criminal background checks, including screening to be sure they had no personal history of convictions for animal cruelty and neglect.

National Animal Cruelty Database ALDF maintains a nationwide database of animal cruelty cases, and makes the information we gather — including convictions and sentences — available to prosecutors, judges, legislators and researAnimal Cruelty Database ALDF maintains a nationwide database of animal cruelty cases, and makes the information we gather — including convictions and sentences — available to prosecutors, judges, legislators and researanimal cruelty cases, and makes the information we gather — including convictions and sentences — available to prosecutors, judges, legislators and researchers.

(1) The violation by the licensee of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act of 1977; (2) Willful falsification of any information contained in the application; (3) The licensee's conviction of any offense involving cruelty to animals or a violation of this bill; or (4) The licensee's nonconformance with: this bill; the rules and regulations of the commissioner; the Non-Livestock Animal Humane Death Act; or the present law provisions governing offenses against animals.

Hernandez is, of course, citing the work of her one - time colleague, Nico Dauphiné (whom she defended in an reply to an e-mail I sent her following Dauphiné's conviction on attempted animal cruelty charges last year: «In all my interactions with her, I have known Nico to be a very responsible scientist and a very caring individual, both to people and to all animals.»)

The HSUS reacts to the conviction of Karen Alexander, owner of Puppy Palace Pet Store in Burlington County, N.J., on several charges, including animal cruelty, stemming from the mistreatment of dogs for sale in her store.

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

Grounds for removal of your shelter or rescue from the site include violating any of the terms above, defrauding a potential adopter financially or otherwise, making dishonest claims, conviction of animal cruelty, neglect, or related crimes, and violating the terms of any adoption contract you provide an adopter.

Grounds for removal may include, but are not limited to: violation of the Code of Conduct, Terms of Use, or Terms and Conditions; fraud; overtly dishonest posting; conviction for animal cruelty, neglect or any animal - related crimes; pending legal action involving the seizure of pets or other serious animal - related crimes; convictions for other crimes that include a prohibition on posting on family sites or the internet; violating the terms of your adoption contract with Petfinder visitors; failure to respond to direct inquiries from Petfinder via the contact information you have provided us; failure to modify any violations of the Terms of Use and Code of Conduct.

• move animals out of property law and extend protections to wild animals and strays • make it illegal to train animals for fighting or profit from animal fighting • close loopholes that allow 99 per cent of those charged with animal cruelty to escape conviction.

The rescue group had a volunteer, staff, or board member who has charges of animal neglect, cruelty, or dog fighting pending against them or a conviction for neglect, cruelty, or dog fighting.

The Nova Scotia SPCA is empowered under the provincial Animal Protection Act to investigate complaints of animal cruelty; help secure the arrest, conviction and punishment of all persons violating the Act; and, when necessary, seize animals from situations of cruelty or neAnimal Protection Act to investigate complaints of animal cruelty; help secure the arrest, conviction and punishment of all persons violating the Act; and, when necessary, seize animals from situations of cruelty or neanimal cruelty; help secure the arrest, conviction and punishment of all persons violating the Act; and, when necessary, seize animals from situations of cruelty or neglect.

An Arizona lawmaker will be making another push in 2018 for a bill that would create a public animal abuse registry where someone with a felony conviction of animal cruelty would be listed.

PHOENIX - «An Arizona lawmaker will be making another push in 2018 for a bill that would create a public animal abuse registry where someone with a felony conviction of animal cruelty would be listed.»

CLARKSVILLE, Ark. — The Humane Society of the United States, the nation's largest animal protection organization, applauds 5th Judicial District Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Bruce Wilson and Johnson County Sheriff Jim Dorney for their success at gaining an appropriate sentence in the convictions of Christine Yarrington and Lynn E. Burkett, owners of a Lamar, Ark. puppy mill, on animal cruelty charges.

The HSUS applauds Judge Timothy Easter for imposing an appropriate sentence following the conviction of the owner of Pine Bluff Kennels in Lyles, Tenn., on animal cruelty charges.

The HSUS has established a reward program to offer up to $ 5,000 to anyone who provides any information leading to the arrest and conviction of a puppy mill operator for animal cruelty.

  Conviction for animal cruelty more than 10 years ago if the person is not rehabilitated or would jeopardize health, safety and welfare of dogs;

«We are thrilled to have the animals in safe hands and a conviction of animal cruelty against the owners.

Our cruelty investigation team has so far responded to 355 reports of animal abuse in Bucks County this year, and we won three significant court cases resulting in convictions and animals being saved.

The bill only says the Board has the discretion to suspend or revoke a license and even those circumstances are limited: conviction of an animal cruelty crime, conviction of violating the Act more than 3 times, suspension or revocation of a USDA license, and conviction of certain other felonies.

According to the lawsuit, the Commercial Breeder Law states that the board must refuse to issue an initial license when a commercial breeder «has been convicted, other than a petty misdemeanor conviction, of cruelty to animals under Minnesota law.»

Applications would also be required to be denied if there has been a conviction or guilty plea to certain animal cruelty or animal fighting charges in the past 20 years.

The OAA Cruelty Program provides extra incentive to help support convictions of animal cruelty cases.

Animal Folks has also been tracking animal cruelty cases with a focus on those cases that result in a conviAnimal Folks has also been tracking animal cruelty cases with a focus on those cases that result in a convianimal cruelty cases with a focus on those cases that result in a conviction.

The only restriction on obtaining placement on the registry would be that the rescue's current directors and officers must not have a past conviction for animal cruelty or neglect or face current animal cruelty or neglect charges; no court order can prohibit placement of animals with the organization.

In addition to any other penalty provided by law, upon conviction for any violation of this section or of sections seventy - seven A, seventy - eight, seventy - eight A, seventy - nine A, seventy - nine B, eighty A, eighty B, eighty C, eighty D, eighty F, eighty - six, eighty - six A, eighty - six B or ninety - four the defendant shall forfeit to the custody of any society, incorporated under the laws of the commonwealth for the prevention of cruelty to animals or for the care and protection of homeless or suffering animals, the animal whose treatment was the basis of such conviction.

The founders, directors, employees or regular volunteers of rescues with felony convictions, convictions for violent crimes, or who have violated animal cruelty or protection laws or are currently facing such charges, or had animals removed from their care, would not be eligible for the rescue list.

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.