Tuesday, May 08, 2012

Drive to stiffen animal cruelty laws cites beating death of Grand Forks dog

My heart goes out to this family and the poor little dog who lost his life. Sign the petition to help North Dakotans to Stop Animal Cruelty get a measure on the ballot this November that would make awful acts of abuse such as this a felony.

Grand Forks Herald | May 4 2012

"People working to increase North Dakota penalties against animal cruelty are citing the recent killing of a pet dog during a Grand Forks home invasion and robbery as an example of why the cruelty laws should be toughened. North Dakotans to Stop Animal Cruelty, a coalition of animal shelters, veterinarians, pet rescue operations, animal control officers and others, said the beating death of a Chihuahua named Baby “demonstrates why certain acts of animal cruelty must be punished as felonies.”

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