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Issue Position: Animal Protection

Issue Position

By: Sara Love
By: Sara Love
Date: Jan. 1, 2018
Issues: Animals and Wildlife

Pets and animals are an important part of our lives and our families. We must work to ensure they are taken care of and protected, and that those who hurt them are held accountable. In 2018, the General Assembly took several steps to protect animals by passing HB 1662 (regulating retail pet stores), SB 675 (The Humane Adoption of Companion Animals in Research Act of 2018), and SB 1038 (Animal Cruelty -- Sentencing Conditions).

We Need To:

* Require that those who are convicted of animal cruelty are prevented from owning, possessing or residing with an animal (right now it is discretionary).

* Enact reporting requirements for research laboratories that use animals.

* Ensure farm animals are treated humanely and address cruel practices by animal agribusinesses.


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