New Animal Cruelty Penalties Now Law
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New Animal Cruelty Penalties Now Law
By 250 News
Sunday, June 05, 2011 05:08 AM
Prince George, B.C. The changes that were made to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act in B.C. are now law.
The new rules mean B.C. has the toughest animal cruelty penalties in the country.
The changes provide for:
Increased penalties for animal cruelty to fines up to $75,000 and jail terms of up to two years.
Extension limitation period for offences under the act from six months to three years.
Greater accountability for owners, companies and others responsible for animals to protect their animals from distress.
New ability for government to set standards pertaining to the use, care and protection of animals - including sled dogs.
The legislation will also make it a provincial offence to harm or attempt to harm a law enforcement animal. Currently, police in British Columbia use both horses and dogs to assist in law enforcement purposes, such as crowd control, offender apprehension, search and rescue and drug/explosive detection.
The amendments to the act are a result of recommendations made by the provincially led Sled Dog Task Force in April of this year The amendments received royal ascent on Friday.
New Animal Cruelty Penalties Now Law
By 250 News
Sunday, June 05, 2011 05:08 AM
Prince George, B.C. The changes that were made to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act in B.C. are now law.
The new rules mean B.C. has the toughest animal cruelty penalties in the country.
The changes provide for:
Increased penalties for animal cruelty to fines up to $75,000 and jail terms of up to two years.
Extension limitation period for offences under the act from six months to three years.
Greater accountability for owners, companies and others responsible for animals to protect their animals from distress.
New ability for government to set standards pertaining to the use, care and protection of animals - including sled dogs.
The legislation will also make it a provincial offence to harm or attempt to harm a law enforcement animal. Currently, police in British Columbia use both horses and dogs to assist in law enforcement purposes, such as crowd control, offender apprehension, search and rescue and drug/explosive detection.
The amendments to the act are a result of recommendations made by the provincially led Sled Dog Task Force in April of this year The amendments received royal ascent on Friday.
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