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Animal Cruelty Is Now A Nationwide Felony

  • December 3, 2019
  • theumphx
  • The Upper Middle

President Donald Trump has signed a bill into law that makes animal cruelty a felony nationwide.

Late last month, the U.S. Senate unanimously voted to pass the PACT Act.

The “Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act” was introduced by Congressmen Vern Buchanan and Ted Deutch. The House voted to pass the act on Oct. 23.

“This is a milestone for pet owners and animal lovers across the country,” Buchanan said. “For the first time, a national law has been passed by Congress to protect animals from cruelty and abuse.”

The act specifically bans crushing, burning, drowning, suffocating, impaling or otherwise subjecting animals to serious bodily harm.

“This is commonsense, bipartisan legislation to bring some compassion to our animal laws,” Deutch said.

In 2010, Congress passed legislation making it illegal to create and distribute so-called “animal crush videos” that showed people brutally killing and torturing animals. The acts themselves are still legal under federal law.

The PACT Act aims to close those loopholes.

“The torture of innocent animals is abhorrent and should be punished to the fullest extent of the law,” Buchanan said. “Protecting animals from cruelty is a top priority for me and I’m proud to work with Congressman Deutch on this important issue.”

Click here to learn more about PACT.

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