Sentences with phrase «felony animal fighting»

Recent successes in legislation have resulted in prohibiting giving pets as prizes, felony animal fighting laws, and in 2010, the passing of the Puppy Mill Bill.

Bengal has helped bring hundreds of criminals to justice, punishing those involved in felony animal fighting, those who've left their pets without food and water, or simply left their pets behind.

Also at 11 a.m., Sen. Todd Kaminsky will announce legislation to enhance existing penalties for felony animal fighting and eliminate a loophole that prevents animal fighting from qualifying for second felony offender status, Long Beach Animal Shelter, 770 Park Pl., Long Beach, Long Island.

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Rockland County District Attorney Thomas P. Zugibe today announced that Ralph Cadet (DOB 12/21/70) of 39 Greenridge Way, New Hempstead, New York and Tyrell Francis (DOB 06/16/86) of 39 Greenridge Way, New Hempstead, New York pled guilty to: One count of Prohibited Animal Fighting, a class «E» Felony Cadet and Francis staged a dogfight for -LSB-...]

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Madison, who has pleaded not guilty, will go on trial next month for felony cruelty to animals and raising a dog for fighting.

It would also be a felony to manufacture, sell or offer to sell, move, deliver, own or possess equipment to be used for animal fighting.

And this is why we all should be fighting for laws here in the south, so that animal abusers will serve jail time, and be charged with animal cruelty, resulting in a Felony.

This effort has been ongoing for seven years and the goal is to make animal fighting as a first offense a felony charge.

The bill also increased the second offense of animal fighting to a Class E felony instead of a Class A misdemeanor.

We've upgraded the federal law to ban possession of fighting animals and to make that a felony.

«Animal fighting needs to be a felony crime, and taken as seriously as the cockfighters themselves take their «sport».

Lobby day participants are urging passage of S.B. 380, a bill that would make cockfighting a felony, make it a felony to provide a premises for animal fighting, possess animals for fighting or animal fighting paraphernalia, require forfeiture of animals for people convicted of animal fighting and prohibit wagering on animal fights.

George L. Beck, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, and the Humane Society of the United States are raising public awareness of the newly enacted federal animal fighting law that makes it a felony to knowingly bring a child under the age of 16 to an animal fight and a misdemeanor to knowingly attend an animal fight.

Those offenses include forcible felonies, weapons violations, certain drug offenses, violations of the Humane Care for Animals Act including animal fighting or other animal cruelty or fighting laws.

With South Dakota joining the fight in March of 2014, animal cruelty laws now include felony provisions in all 50 states.

Baiting and fighting animals is a class D felony in the state of Missouri.

Under current federal law, it is a felony crime to sponsor or exhibit an animal in a fighting venture; to buy, sell, deliver, possess, train or transport an animal for fighting purposes; to use the Postal Service or other interstate means to promote animal fighting; to buy, sell, deliver or transport cockfighting implements; and to bring a minor to an animal fight.

1993 - Mandatory spay / neuter law passed 1994 - Animal cruelty law (H.F. 637) passed 1997 - ARL sought custody of dog in Iowa court system 2000 - Felony animal torture law passed 2001 - Passage of law against bestiality 2002 - Bill introduced to make animal fighting a felony 2004 - Felony punishment animal fight law passed 2006 - Bill to have dogs classified as livestock defeated 2007 - Legislation banning exotic pets passed 2008 - Dangerous wild animals and Pet Protection 2009 - Puppy Mill Bill 2010 - Puppy Mill Bill signed into law 2011 - Additional Puppy Mill legislation 2012 - Whistleblower Ag Bill (agAnimal cruelty law (H.F. 637) passed 1997 - ARL sought custody of dog in Iowa court system 2000 - Felony animal torture law passed 2001 - Passage of law against bestiality 2002 - Bill introduced to make animal fighting a felony 2004 - Felony punishment animal fight law passed 2006 - Bill to have dogs classified as livestock defeated 2007 - Legislation banning exotic pets passed 2008 - Dangerous wild animals and Pet Protection 2009 - Puppy Mill Bill 2010 - Puppy Mill Bill signed into law 2011 - Additional Puppy Mill legislation 2012 - Whistleblower Ag Bill (agFelony animal torture law passed 2001 - Passage of law against bestiality 2002 - Bill introduced to make animal fighting a felony 2004 - Felony punishment animal fight law passed 2006 - Bill to have dogs classified as livestock defeated 2007 - Legislation banning exotic pets passed 2008 - Dangerous wild animals and Pet Protection 2009 - Puppy Mill Bill 2010 - Puppy Mill Bill signed into law 2011 - Additional Puppy Mill legislation 2012 - Whistleblower Ag Bill (aganimal torture law passed 2001 - Passage of law against bestiality 2002 - Bill introduced to make animal fighting a felony 2004 - Felony punishment animal fight law passed 2006 - Bill to have dogs classified as livestock defeated 2007 - Legislation banning exotic pets passed 2008 - Dangerous wild animals and Pet Protection 2009 - Puppy Mill Bill 2010 - Puppy Mill Bill signed into law 2011 - Additional Puppy Mill legislation 2012 - Whistleblower Ag Bill (aganimal fighting a felony 2004 - Felony punishment animal fight law passed 2006 - Bill to have dogs classified as livestock defeated 2007 - Legislation banning exotic pets passed 2008 - Dangerous wild animals and Pet Protection 2009 - Puppy Mill Bill 2010 - Puppy Mill Bill signed into law 2011 - Additional Puppy Mill legislation 2012 - Whistleblower Ag Bill (agfelony 2004 - Felony punishment animal fight law passed 2006 - Bill to have dogs classified as livestock defeated 2007 - Legislation banning exotic pets passed 2008 - Dangerous wild animals and Pet Protection 2009 - Puppy Mill Bill 2010 - Puppy Mill Bill signed into law 2011 - Additional Puppy Mill legislation 2012 - Whistleblower Ag Bill (agFelony punishment animal fight law passed 2006 - Bill to have dogs classified as livestock defeated 2007 - Legislation banning exotic pets passed 2008 - Dangerous wild animals and Pet Protection 2009 - Puppy Mill Bill 2010 - Puppy Mill Bill signed into law 2011 - Additional Puppy Mill legislation 2012 - Whistleblower Ag Bill (aganimal fight law passed 2006 - Bill to have dogs classified as livestock defeated 2007 - Legislation banning exotic pets passed 2008 - Dangerous wild animals and Pet Protection 2009 - Puppy Mill Bill 2010 - Puppy Mill Bill signed into law 2011 - Additional Puppy Mill legislation 2012 - Whistleblower Ag Bill (against)