Joint Committee on the Judiciary to hear 20 animal bills
Three sponsored by Cape Rep Mannal
- See more at: http://www.capecodtoday.com/article/2015/10/21/226734-Joint-Committee-Judiciary-hear-20-animal-bills#sthash.oTvPzXiQ.dpuf
The Joint Committee on the Judiciary will hold a hearing Wednesday on 20 animal related bills. Of those 20 bills, 3 are sponsored by 2nd Barnstable District State Representative Brian Mannal.
Animal lovers across the Commonwealth will be glad to see the majority of the bills concern the safety of domestic animals.
Two of the bills, H.1273 and S.878, call for fines for confining an animal in a vehicle in extreme heat or cold, allows for public safety personal to enter the vehicle and remove the animal using any means necessary and makes the rescuer immune from criminal or civil liability in doing so.
Mannal's bill H.3446 stiffens the penalty for anyone who abuses an animal in the presence of a child under the age of 14, calling for "imprisonment in state prison for not more than 10 years or by a fine of not more than $10,000 or by both such fine and imprisonment".
The Cape state rep's other two bills pertain to the humane treatment of elephants (H.1477) and poaching (H.1479).
Bill H.1367 increases the fines for a person who willfully harms a police dog or horse.
- See more at: http://www.capecodtoday.com/article/2015/10/21/226734-Joint-Committee-Judiciary-hear-20-animal-bills#sthash.oTvPzXiQ.dpuf
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