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Thursday, February 5, 2009

Progress!

A bit off topic here, but this means a lot to the fight to end animal cruelty.

The state of Arkansas has signed into law a bill making cruelty to a horse, dog, or cat a Federal offense. Each count will be punishable by up to 6 years in prison and $5000 in fines.

http://www2.arkansasonline.com/news/2009/feb/04/animal-cruelty-bill-signed-law/?subscriber/national

http://dev2.arkansasnews.com/?p=23250

Finally, one of the more "good ol' boy system" states steps up and takes a stand.

I live in this state (I am not from here, I moved here for work) and am so relieved to see this actually happen. I cannot stand reporting a blatant case of neglect or cruelty and seeing it go unchecked.

2 comments:

  1. That is excellent! Now if Pennsylvania would follow.

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  2. I live in Arkansas, too, and I was extremely pleased to see this become a law.

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