The goal of this webinar is to provide overview of important factors involved in charge approval / prosecution
of animal cruelty cases including links to violence, risk factors, abuse as predictor and indicator crime, public interest factors, youth statistics and types of abuse.
Not exact matches
Other guests
included Schenectady County District Attorney Robert Carney, who prosecuted the original
case that inspired the passage
of Buster's
animal cruelty felony law, Saratoga County Sheriff Michael Zurlo and two K - 9 units, and Richard and Rosemarie Nash who adopted Hudson, one
of the Railroad Puppies that was nailed to railroad tracks in Albany.
Animal cruelty still lags way behind other crimes in terms of response and prosecution; despite record levels of animal welfare awareness, many rural prosecutors have still never prosecuted a single cruelty case, dispatchers often do not know what to tell callers who are frantically trying to report cruelty, many cases that are reported are never investigated and organized animal cruelty, including dog fighting and the use of animals in pornography, are on the
Animal cruelty still lags way behind other crimes in terms
of response and prosecution; despite record levels
of animal welfare awareness, many rural prosecutors have still never prosecuted a single cruelty case, dispatchers often do not know what to tell callers who are frantically trying to report cruelty, many cases that are reported are never investigated and organized animal cruelty, including dog fighting and the use of animals in pornography, are on the
animal welfare awareness, many rural prosecutors have still never prosecuted a single
cruelty case, dispatchers often do not know what to tell callers who are frantically trying to report
cruelty, many
cases that are reported are never investigated and organized
animal cruelty, including dog fighting and the use of animals in pornography, are on the
animal cruelty,
including dog fighting and the use
of animals in pornography, are on the rise.
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 resear
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 resear
animal cruelty cases, and makes the information we gather —
including convictions and sentences — available to prosecutors, judges, legislators and researchers.
These services
include the enforcement
of city ordinances related to
animals, removal
of killed or injured
animals / wildlife, impoundment
of stray pets, and investigation
of animal - related neglect,
cruelty, nuisance and bite
cases.
This would
include movement
of animals from regional high - kill to no - kill shelters, providing services for
cruelty cases so they can be placed in foster or shelter care, and moving
animals from stray / rescue / shelter situations to facilities where adoption is likely.
Animal Control provides a wide range of services for people and animals in our community, including investigative services for citizen complaints, dangerous dog hearings, animal bites and cruelty cases and many o
Animal Control provides a wide range
of services for people and
animals in our community,
including investigative services for citizen complaints, dangerous dog hearings,
animal bites and cruelty cases and many o
animal bites and
cruelty cases and many others.
Evaluating victims
of cruelty cases —
including animals seized in dogfighting, hoarding, and puppy mill raids — and making recommendations for behavioral rehabilitation and possible adoption.
a. Develop training on
animal cruelty and the link between
cruelty and domestic violence for law enforcement personnel; b. Expand the current ACO training curriculum; c. Train and educate judges, appropriate court personnel, and prosecutors about
animal cruelty; d. Educate veterinarians about recognizing
animal cruelty and understanding current law; e. Create a state multidisciplinary team for
animal hoarding that would develop an emergency response system and oversee a task force to focus on early intervention
of hoarding
including mental health counseling in all
animal hoarding
cases; and create a Department
of Mental Health and Department
of Corrections forensic assessment protocol for early intervention, sentencing, treatment, and rehabilitation; and f. Develop and promote
animal cruelty prevention, identification, training and screening tools among pet service providers, associations, and the commercial pet industry.