Law and Rights
A new animal cruelty bill has passed the state Senate and House of Representatives that not only allows for multiple acts of animal cruelty, but states that a person who owns, has custody or possession of an animal and fails to act and certain injuries and death occur. Remember, Florida does have a provision for felony animal cruelty and certain minimum mandatory sentences for animal cruelty. The bill, is awaiting signature by Governor Scott. If it is signed it will go into effect on July 1, 2013. The House Bill is numbered HB 841 and the Senate version that passed is S 504 and S 650.
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Law and Rights
New Animal Cruelty Bill.
A new animal cruelty bill has passed the state Senate and House of Representatives that not only allows for multiple acts of animal cruelty, but states that a person who owns, has custody or possession of an animal and fails to act and certain injuries and death occur. Remember, Florida does have a provision for felony animal cruelty and certain minimum mandatory sentences for animal cruelty. The bill, is awaiting signature by Governor Scott. If it is signed it will go into effect on July 1, 2013. The House Bill is numbered HB 841 and the Senate version that passed is S 504 and S 650.
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Last December the US House passed a financial reforms bill intended to fix the badly broken big financial firms and banks that nearly crashed the entire US economy and cost millions of people their jobs and retirement plans. Now the US Senate has joined...
- 2010 Pending Federal Legislation Affecting Animals
The Global Conservation Act?(H.R. 4959/S. 3508)?SUPPORT?if passed this bill would create an international conservation strategy for the U.S. government and provide the resources needed to turn the tide on the biodiversity crisis. It would make U.S. efforts...
- Wild Animals In Captivity (circues, Zoos & Aquariums)
In July of 2009 , Bolivia passed the most comprehensive law banning the use of ALL animals in circuses. Bolivia, however, isn't the first county to adopt such laws. In 2005 Australia adopted a law banning wild animals in circuses. Many other countries...
- 15 Reasons To Boycott The Circus
1. Government inspection reports reveal ongoing mistreatment of animals in circuses. Because of continued abuse of circus elephants, there is a pending lawsuit against Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus. 2. Many people claim that circuses are...
- Outcomes Of Cases
Angela Gordon, the mother of Khyra Ishaq has been jailed for 15 years and Junaid Abuhamza (the mother's partner) has been sentenced to indefinite imprisonment but with a minimum term of seven and a half years. Both were convicted of manslaughter. ...