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Proposed law would make animal cruelty a felony across the U.S.
CBS News ^ | January 28, 2019 | Christopher Brito

Posted on 01/28/2019 1:23:24 PM PST by C19fan

Two members of the U.S. House of Representatives re-introduced a bill last week that would make malicious acts of animal cruelty a felony nationwide. A person convicted of the crime could face a fine or up to seven years in prison, or both.

The bill, known as the Preventing Animal Cruel and Torture (PACT) Act, is co-sponsored by Democrat Ted Deutch and Republican Vern Buchanan. PACT would criminalize "crushing, burning, drowning, suffocating and impaling animals." The measure would also address bestiality and other attempts to sexually exploit animals.

Deutch tweeted, "We will get this done. It's bipartisan, common-sense policy that will protect our animals."

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Society
KEYWORDS: animalrights; animalrightsnuts; animals; bestiality; biggovernent; federal; fishing; hunting; pact; pactact; propertyrights; teddeutch; trapping; vernbuchanan; virtuesignal; virtuesignalling; waronfarmers; warontrappers
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To: C19fan

Babies can be murdered but animals are protected!!!!!


41 posted on 01/28/2019 2:19:00 PM PST by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: C19fan
If you're responsible for your animal then I shouldn't have a problem with them.

If you're not responsible of your pets and they become my problem, then it becomes your problem.

They are you animal. You nor they have a right to destroy my property and my birds and animals.

42 posted on 01/28/2019 2:19:06 PM PST by A Cyrenian
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To: C19fan

So if I burned a snake to get it to leave an electrical panel, I lose all my guns and do time ?


43 posted on 01/28/2019 2:22:59 PM PST by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: C19fan

Swat team at front door at 5:00 AM: “Your cat called us to complain about her food”


44 posted on 01/28/2019 2:28:15 PM PST by Cementjungle
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To: wally_bert

Seriously? Do we really need Famous But Incompetent special agents doing raids on farms at the behest of PETA.

Because that is what you will get for federalizing animal cruelty.

I prefer it remain a state/county issue, thanks.


45 posted on 01/28/2019 2:35:05 PM PST by Valpal1
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To: wally_bert

I’m for it too, and so is my kitty. In my state, animals have some rights to the extent that people treat them well, but just 30 miles away in the next state, animals are treated miserably.

We are all God’s creatures.


46 posted on 01/28/2019 2:36:25 PM PST by Veto! (Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me))
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To: C19fan

So do the stupid snowflakes in the cities get to decide that all hunting, rifle and bow, as well as sport fishing are cruel to animals?
I don’t trust them for a second to not take away all hunting, fishing, and trapping in this country.

So my answer is not only NO, BUT HELL NO!!!!!

This is another big city liberal sucker play.


47 posted on 01/28/2019 2:37:45 PM PST by oldenuff35
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To: C19fan

Does this mean I can’t fish from my aquarium anymore?


48 posted on 01/28/2019 2:39:50 PM PST by JZelle
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To: wally_bert
No federalizing crime
Want the FBI at your door?

This FBI?

49 posted on 01/28/2019 2:41:04 PM PST by RedMonqey ("Those who turn their arms in for plowshares will be doing the plowing for those who didn't.")
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To: C19fan

Good!


50 posted on 01/28/2019 2:41:08 PM PST by BunnySlippers (LQBTQ)
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To: Veto!
No federalizing crime
Want the FBI at your door?

This FBI?

51 posted on 01/28/2019 2:41:49 PM PST by RedMonqey ("Those who turn their arms in for plowshares will be doing the plowing for those who didn't.")
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To: C19fan

And that is the end of the discussion. Morally I am all for making animal cruelty a felony. But that’s the constitutional bailiwick of the states.


52 posted on 01/28/2019 2:58:39 PM PST by NRx (A man of honor passes his father's civilization to his son without surrendering it to strangers.)
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To: C19fan

Kill your unborn human baby and get off scot free.


53 posted on 01/28/2019 3:06:30 PM PST by Renegade
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To: dan on the right

It gets even more insane

In New Jersey, two pro-abortion lawmakers, are planning to introduce bills to protect unborn cows from being slaughtered!


54 posted on 01/28/2019 3:10:35 PM PST by lizma2
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To: FlingWingFlyer

You might be on to something there. If we allow them this totally illegal usurpation of the constitution maybe we can turn it back on them over the killing of babies, might just work.


55 posted on 01/28/2019 3:12:25 PM PST by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: C19fan
The measure would also address bestiality ...

I anticipate strong pushback on this from Those We Must Not Offend.

56 posted on 01/28/2019 3:28:15 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: C19fan

I know where this is going: Owning a pet will eventually be considered animal cruelty. Guaranteed.


57 posted on 01/28/2019 3:28:51 PM PST by sergeantdave (Teach a man to fish and he'll steal your gear and sell it)
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To: wally_bert

I think that this is something for general State Law, not federal over-reach.

Very outside the constitutional limits.

We are going to have leftist comfort animal clowns in California telling Kentucky bluegrass trainers how to train horses.

I love to see animals well treated. Jeff Flakes included. But we don’t need the feds getting into yet another area they don’t belong and want a one-size-fits all.

Sorry to strongly disagree with you — please reconsider.


58 posted on 01/28/2019 3:43:36 PM PST by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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To: wally_bert

I am too, but I am not for socialist libtard PETA-types becoming enforcers of it, because they will just warp the grounds to interfere with regular pet owners.

They dont even say pet owners in their twisted lingo. They want to do away with ownership when it is the sole reason for virtually all pets having better lives than they otherwise would have.

On the plus side this would give more power to go after hoarders who just get slaps on the wrist, damage other peoples houses, and move and go and do it all again.


59 posted on 01/28/2019 4:00:12 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: vette6387

Might be helpful.


60 posted on 01/28/2019 4:00:49 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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