Animal Cruelty and Torture Act, House passes bill making cruelty Felony
A local animal rescue group is all for the new federal animal cruelty law.
All 50 states have animal cruelty laws, but the local group said they still see some cases and hope making it a federal crime deters it.
The new law that went into effect last week makes it a federal crime to crush, burn, drown, suffocate, impale, and sexually exploit animals. If people are caught, they could be locked up for up to seven years.
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