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The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing animal cruelty.Based in New York City since its inception in 1866, [4] the organization's mission is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the United States."
The Animal Fighting Prohibition Reinforcement Act provided for felony-level penalties including multi-year prison sentences and large fines for each offence. [23] Passage of this law was followed by the involvement of the Inspector General's Office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in ongoing investigations around the United States.
This law creates the crime of "animal enterprise terrorism" for those who damage or cause the loss of property of an animal enterprise. [36] 2002: The AWA is amended to redefine the term "animal" in the law to match the USDA regulations, i.e. to exclude birds, mice, and rats. [11] 2002: Florida becomes the first state to ban gestation crates ...
After Branch County Prosecutor Zack Stempien and Sheriff John Pollack introduced a new "Animal Control and Protection Ordinance," on Feb. 3, it created controversy.
Animal control services may be provided by the government or through a contract with a humane society or society for the prevention of cruelty to animals. Officers may work for, or with, police or sheriff departments, parks and recreation departments, and health departments by confining animals or investigating animal bites to humans.
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FEMA - 3634 - Photograph by Leif Skoogfors taken on 07-21-2001 in West Virginia. Humane law enforcement officers (oftentimes abbreviated as "HLEOs" in some jurisdictions or HSPO, Humane Society Police Officers) are generally members of a state or local society for the prevention of cruelty to animals (SPCA) or a state or local police department and as such are generally trained and certified ...
A 36-year-old man has been arrested after a dog in his care died of starvation, Grapevine police said in a news release Tuesday. Vanadus Green is charged with cruelty to a non-livestock animal ...