Post by Logan on Feb 14, 2017 17:36:01 GMT -6
CHEYENNE — Pet owners, farmers and ranchers are backing a bill designed to hike penalties for maliciously injuring or destroying someone else’s animal while the animal is on the owner’s property or where the animal is allowed to be present.
Ranchers have had livestock shot by others — sometimes solely for “entertainment” — while pet owners have also had their animals shot or injured on their own property, according to testimony in a House committee Thursday.
However, doing so has only been a misdemeanor — something Senate File 115 seeks to fix.
The bill, which unanimously passed the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday, would make maliciously injuring or destroying someone else’s animal a felony, provided that the animal is on the owner’s property or somewhere it is allowed to be, like a 4-H fair.
Read more: trib.com/news/state-and-regional/animal-cruelty-bill-passes-house-judiciary-committee/article_fdafb613-bf4c-5c89-bc72-72799ccc47bd.html
Ranchers have had livestock shot by others — sometimes solely for “entertainment” — while pet owners have also had their animals shot or injured on their own property, according to testimony in a House committee Thursday.
However, doing so has only been a misdemeanor — something Senate File 115 seeks to fix.
The bill, which unanimously passed the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday, would make maliciously injuring or destroying someone else’s animal a felony, provided that the animal is on the owner’s property or somewhere it is allowed to be, like a 4-H fair.
Read more: trib.com/news/state-and-regional/animal-cruelty-bill-passes-house-judiciary-committee/article_fdafb613-bf4c-5c89-bc72-72799ccc47bd.html