Sentences with phrase «prosecuting animal abuse cases»

After decades of work in the field, interest in investigating and prosecuting animal abuse cases is at an all - time high in Louisiana, with police officers and sheriff's deputies making arrests across the state on a regular basis.

Reedy has a history of vigorously prosecuting animal abuse cases in San Diego, from hoarding to attacks on beached seals.

Not exact matches

Osceola Humane Society officials say cases of animal abuse are skyrocketing, but the society is running out of money to care for the animals and prosecute owners.Society president Grace Keeler estimated 300 abused or neglected animals were confiscated in the past year.

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

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.

Law enforcement and animal welfare agencies in St. Clair County, Ill., are using a new playbook for animal abuse cases that they say will make it easier to prosecute those cases in the county.

We discussed the successes and challenges in prosecuting cases of animal abuse and neglect, as well as community efforts to decrease animal abuse.

Humane Society of Missouri's animal cruelty investigators understand the nuances of animal abuse law and the criminal justice process for documenting and filing evidence and work directly with sheriff's offices, police departments and prosecuting attorneys to help ensure animal cases are handled in an expedient and professional manner.

Canada has no regulations stipulating how animals should be treated on farms outside of federal and provincial animal cruelty laws, and these are only used to prosecute livestock farmers in cases of egregious abuse, such as when animals are neglected to the point of starvation or farm workers are caught torturing animals.

They are members of the Dog Advisory Work Group (DAWG), a court advocacy program under which individuals attend court cases to support not only victims of animal abuse and dog - fighting, but law enforcement professionals who arrest and prosecute offenders.

The main reason given for not prosecuting animal abuse and neglect cases is that it takes the officers the same amount of time to investigate and gather the evidence for an animal investigation as it does for crime investigations involving people.

The vet staff also works closely with our cruelty investigation team to build cases to prosecute those who abuse and neglect animals.