Give a Dog A Home
Connecticut Residents: Crack Down on Animal AbuseApril 21, 2004 11:59 p.m. Thursday
From this week's ASPCA News Alert, the weekly newsletter of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals:
HELP CRACK DOWN ON ANIMAL ABUSE, CONNECTICUT RESIDENTS!
Your help is needed to pass humane legislation, Connecticut activists. H. 5606 would make anyone who intentionally injures or kills a companion animal, other than in self-defense, liable to the animal's owner for economic damages, including veterinary costs, burial expenses, punitive damages and attorney's fee. H. 5606 would also increase current penalties for stealing, confining or killing a dog. "The law has increasingly recognized that companion animals are not simply property, but rather living creatures with great significance to their caretakers," says the ASPCA's Debora M. Bresch, Esq., Legislative Liaison, Eastern Region. "Consistent with this, legislation and laws awarding noneconomic damages for injuries to companion animals are becoming more commonplace."
Your help is needed to pass humane legislation, Connecticut activists. H. 5606 would make anyone who intentionally injures or kills a companion animal, other than in self-defense, liable to the animal's owner for economic damages, including veterinary costs, burial expenses, punitive damages and attorney's fee. H. 5606 would also increase current penalties for stealing, confining or killing a dog. "The law has increasingly recognized that companion animals are not simply property, but rather living creatures with great significance to their caretakers," says the ASPCA's Debora M. Bresch, Esq., Legislative Liaison, Eastern Region. "Consistent with this, legislation and laws awarding noneconomic damages for injuries to companion animals are becoming more commonplace."
Please visit the ASPCA Advocacy Center today, where you can fax a letter free of charge to both your senator and representatives, urging them to support this important legislation. And if you are not a resident of Connecticut, you can still participate in the passage of humane legislation in your state. Please visit the ASPCA Advocacy Center today to find out how.
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