As you are probably aware, the ND 60th Legislative Assembly is session. One of the bills, 1421, deals with animal cruelty. If you haven't already seen it CLICK HERE.
This bill will add two new sections, some amendments and some reenactment to sections of chapter 36 of the ND Century Code.
One area of this bill that troubles me is the section that reads:
"Cruelty" or "torture" includes every means any act, omission, or neglect whereby
unnecessary or unjustifiable pain, suffering, or death is caused or permitted. The
term does not include:
a. Any activity that requires a license or permit under chapter 20.1-03;
b. Any activity that is usual and customary practice in production agriculture;
c.Any show, fair, competition, performance, or parade;
d. A rodeo;
e. A wagon or buggy ride;
f. Trail or pleasure riding; or
g. Any activity that involves the training or teaching of animals.
The way I see it, if someone is torturing animals or treating them in a cruel way that person should be punished. This bill says that if someone tortures an animal at a rodeo, fair or during training this wouldn't be considered cruel or against the law. Why? This is wrong and unethical.
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