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2. Cruelty to animals - Wikipedia

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   Currently, 46 of the 50 states have enacted felony penalties for certain forms of animal abuse. [126] However, in most jurisdictions, animal cruelty is most commonly charged as a misdemeanor offense. In one recent California case, a felony conviction for animal cruelty could theoretically net a 25-year to a life sentence due to their three ...

3. Ohio Supreme Court: People who abuse stray animals can face ...

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   Penalties could be enhanced if the person has prior animal cruelty convictions. In West Virginia, any act that causes unnecessary suffering to a stray animal is considered animal abuse. mcaudill ...

4. Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoes mandatory minimum ... - AOL

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   “The fact that the current penalties for harming a police animal are lower than other animal cruelty laws is a disgrace to both them and their caretaker officers,” Hawkins said.

5. Animal welfare in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Today, animal cruelty complaints in rodeo are still very much alive. The PRCA (which governs about a third of the rodeos conducted in the United States annually) has provided rules for its members regarding animal welfare. Some local jurisdictions have banned the use of certain rodeo tack or certain events such as tie down roping or steer tripping.

6. Animal rights by country or territory - Wikipedia

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   In 2009, Bolivia became the first country to banish animal abuse and harm in circuses. [1] The United States of America is the only country in the world that has banned killing horses for consumption, [citation needed] and India have banned killing cows for consumption in some of its states. [citation needed]

7. 'A feel-good bill': Combating abuse to animals heads to ... - AOL

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   Mar. 29—A recently passed bill aimed at combating animal cruelty will allow law enforcement to charge class D felonies to people who torture animals in Kentucky. House Bill 258, also referred as ...

8. Animal abuse registry pitched in NH as ‘needed tool’; critics ...

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   Current animal cruelty statutes in New Hampshire fall under the state’s Department of Agriculture. Someone convicted of a felony offense will be prohibited by a court from having ownership or ...

9. Timeline of animal welfare and rights in the United States

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   Massachusetts passes its first state law against animal cruelty, the second in the nation. [6] 1866: Henry Bergh founds the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), the first animal protection organization in the US, after visiting Britain's Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. [7] 1868