Sentences with phrase «prosecute local animal»

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If we have to stand up for hours at a hearing or protest by sitting down on the courthouse steps, animal cruelty will be vigorously prosecuted — but only when we, as local voters, refuse to tolerate cruelty one minute more.

The vehicle will be available to travel to assist national and local law enforcement in their efforts to build cases against and prosecute animal cruelty offenders.

If you want animal control to focus on removing truly vicious dogs from the streets, and to prosecute negligent dog owners, then your local dog bite law should specifically spell out when a dog SHOULD BE allowed to bite.

In 2016, ARL's Law Enforcement Department inspected nearly 2,300 kennels, farms and pet shops; assisted 151 local police and state agencies; prosecuted 68 individuals involved or accused of animal cruelty / neglect; and was the lead agency on the Northeast's largest animal cruelty case in Westport, MA, which involved more than 1,400 animals.

The Warren County SPCA is a law enforcement agency dedicated to assisting the sheriff and local communities by providing humane law enforcement services to stray, abused and neglected animals, prosecuting cruelty cases and caring, rehabilitating and adopting animals that have been mistreated.

Bob Baker, executive director of the Missouri Alliance for Animal Legislation, attributes the decline to the passage of the Canine Cruelty Prevention Act which raised standards of care and gave authority to the attorney general to prosecute non-compliant or unlicensed kennels (prior to that prosecutions were handled by local district attorneys more sympathetic with puppy millers, he said.)

In those situations, Sacramento City or County Animal Care officers can remove the animal and work with local law enforcement to prosecute the aAnimal Care officers can remove the animal and work with local law enforcement to prosecute the aanimal and work with local law enforcement to prosecute the abuser.

As a prosecuting attorney volunteering in her local animal control shelter, she exposed the barbaric pound seizure and has gone on to eliminate the practice in numerous shelters.

County officials could step in and prosecute under local animal cruelty laws, if they have probable cause.

Crimes against animals are illegal, and our Animal Control Officers work with local police, city attorneys, and district attorneys to ensure perpetrators are prosecuted.

Secondly, pursuing animal abuse issues must be important to the local district attorney, because all the investigating you do will mean nothing if the DA is not interested in prosecuting these matters.