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Article: HSUS: States Increase Animal Cruelty Penalties
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- July 11, 2000
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WASHINGTON, July 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- In statehouses across the
country, animal cruelty is increasingly being taken seriously,
according to The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). A
series of new laws passed this year continues a trend towards
stricter penalties for animal cruelty perpetrators that began in the
mid 1990s. Thirty-one states now provide felony level penalties for
certain types of animal cruelty violations.
"Colorado and Iowa have joined California in mandating a
psychological evaluation and counseling for animal cruelty
perpetrators," said Wayne Pacelle, a senior vice president for The
HSUS. "For decades, animal cruelty penalties have been weak. Now,
lawmakers are ...