I know that people are very capable of doing horrible things and sadly if you turn on the news you can hear about it all day long. This makes me particularly sad because not only are your stealing someone's property but you are also stealing their best friend. For most pet owners, their fur babies are not property at all. They are members of the family. People are now stealing family pets and selling them for profit. This makes the rest of us more paranoid because when we drop off our pets at doggy daycare, grooming, pet sitting, etc. we could come back and our pet is gone. It's not like you need to show an ID when you pick up your pet. Is this what the next trend will be? We've seen how things have changed with children and being picked up at school by their real guardian. For good reason of course! Who knows how the laws are going to change it is impossible to say as animal law is still somewhat taboo. Pets are property under the law but advocates are always working for a better future for our fur babies.
Article found on ASPCA website:
Four Dogs. Three Degrees. Dog Walker JD.
Monday, July 22, 2013
Monday, July 15, 2013
Moving In A New Direction
I haven't posted in a while. I do it for myself and to keep the memories of my pups alive forever. I've decided to now include more animal related laws and news on here. I want to move to human rights and animal law in the near future because it's truly my passion. If anyone happens to read this who knows about these fields then I would appreciate any comments or suggestions for me to move forth in this new endeavor.
The article below is about a new law that helps animal shelters.
The article below is about a new law that helps animal shelters.
HARRISBURG - Animal shelters have greater legal recourse to seek
reimbursement for the costs of caring for abused animals under a new state
law.
When the law takes effect in September, shelters and local prosecutors will be able to petition a Court of Common Pleas for an order requiring defendants to pay reasonable costs associated with their animal being seized in a cruelty case.
Reasonable costs are defined as up to $15 a day for each animal and necessary medical care as determined by a veterinarian.
The law provides for a hearing within three weeks on a petition. If the animal owner doesn't pay what the court orders, the animal would be legally forfeited to the shelter and made available for adoption.
Until now, shelters have had to wait to seek reimbursement in these cases until an owner is convicted of charges. Meanwhile, the shelters faced the burden of paying costs up front while cases continue for months. And, the shelters do not always getting full restitution in the end.
The Pennsylvania SPCA said it petitioned various courts for $744,000 in restitution for costs of care last year, but received only $31,000.
This law will be a big help because sometimes it can take years before a cruelty case is resolved in court, Cindy Starke, shelter manager of SPCA of Luzerne County said on Friday. On one occasion, the shelter cared for nearly 100 animals brought there for safekeeping as a result of a hoarding case, she added.
The society is caring for about a dozen cats and dogs pending court action in cruelty cases, he said.
"Each year, hundreds of animals are seized by law enforcement and placed in shelters as a result of animal abuse cases," said Rep. Brian Ellis, R-Lyndora, the law's sponsor. "The shelters that take in these abused animals are typically private, nonprofit organizations that rely heavily on donations to operate."
If an owner is found innocent, the law provides that the animals and sums spent for care in the interval would be returned to him or her.
The law will shift the financial burden to those responsible for an animal's suffering, support enforcement of animal cruelty laws and make it easier to find new homes for abused animals, Jerry Buckley, CEO of the Pennsylvania SPCA, said.
http://citizensvoice.com/news/new-law-helps-animal-shelters-1.1520395
When the law takes effect in September, shelters and local prosecutors will be able to petition a Court of Common Pleas for an order requiring defendants to pay reasonable costs associated with their animal being seized in a cruelty case.
Reasonable costs are defined as up to $15 a day for each animal and necessary medical care as determined by a veterinarian.
The law provides for a hearing within three weeks on a petition. If the animal owner doesn't pay what the court orders, the animal would be legally forfeited to the shelter and made available for adoption.
Until now, shelters have had to wait to seek reimbursement in these cases until an owner is convicted of charges. Meanwhile, the shelters faced the burden of paying costs up front while cases continue for months. And, the shelters do not always getting full restitution in the end.
The Pennsylvania SPCA said it petitioned various courts for $744,000 in restitution for costs of care last year, but received only $31,000.
This law will be a big help because sometimes it can take years before a cruelty case is resolved in court, Cindy Starke, shelter manager of SPCA of Luzerne County said on Friday. On one occasion, the shelter cared for nearly 100 animals brought there for safekeeping as a result of a hoarding case, she added.
The society is caring for about a dozen cats and dogs pending court action in cruelty cases, he said.
"Each year, hundreds of animals are seized by law enforcement and placed in shelters as a result of animal abuse cases," said Rep. Brian Ellis, R-Lyndora, the law's sponsor. "The shelters that take in these abused animals are typically private, nonprofit organizations that rely heavily on donations to operate."
If an owner is found innocent, the law provides that the animals and sums spent for care in the interval would be returned to him or her.
The law will shift the financial burden to those responsible for an animal's suffering, support enforcement of animal cruelty laws and make it easier to find new homes for abused animals, Jerry Buckley, CEO of the Pennsylvania SPCA, said.
http://citizensvoice.com/news/new-law-helps-animal-shelters-1.1520395
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