What is animal cruelty and neglect?
Acts of violence or neglect perpetrated against animals constitutes cruelty.
These include the following:
- Physical abuse
- Denying shelter, water, food, or medical attention.
- Dog fighting
- Cock fighting
- Abandonment
Animal cruelty is no different from any other crime; the only exception is that the victim can not speak.
Citizens for Anti-Cruelty Enforcement
P.O. BOX 176
Oshtemo, Michigan 49077
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A good felony anti-cruelty law should:
* Apply to all animals.
* Apply to first-time offenders.
* Have large fines and lengthy prison time as penalties.
* Have no exemptions.
* Allow or require convicted abusers to get counseling at their own expense.
* Prohibit abusers from possessing animals or living where animals are present.