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“New animal cruelty legislation goes into effect Tuesday”
FTA:Animal abusers can now expect to face a higher penalty in Arizona starting Tuesday.
Legislation known as Bill HB2671 will now raise the highest animal abuse charge from a class six felony to a class five for people who intentionally kill or mistreat an animal.
Previously, the class six felony could be dropped to the lesser charge of a misdemeanor. Now, the class five felony consists of a higher sentencing, supervised probation and treatment and cannot be dropped to a misdemeanor.
As a class five penalty, the potential sentence can increase from one year behind bars to 18 months.