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Post by M. Hawbaker on Oct 24, 2019 16:32:09 GMT
Animal cruelty would become a federal offense with a penalty of up to seven years in prison under a proposed expansion of an animal welfare law that won unanimous approval this week in the House of Representatives. The Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act advanced through the House on Tuesday after a voice vote, which the law’s backers said they hoped would get the Senate to act soon on a companion bill. Most of the animal cruelty laws on the books are at the state level, according to the Animal Legal Defense Fund.
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Post by M. Hawbaker on Oct 24, 2019 16:37:13 GMT
On the one hand, I am an animal lover and I am very pleased to see this legislation advancing at the federal level. On the other hand, I am outraged that the same elected officials who can unanimously agree to protect the rights of animals can't (or more likely just won't) do the same for defenseless babies and the elderly and disabled among our human population.
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