Posted on 10/26/2021 7:58:08 AM PDT by MNDude
Cruelty to animals is now a federal crime under a new law signed by President Trump on Monday.
The Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act (PACT) is a bipartisan initiative that bans the intentional crushing, burning, drowning, suffocating, impalement or other serious harm to "living non-human mammals, birds, reptiles, or amphibians.
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Good example of something which the Federal government has no business regulating.
While I understand the idea, save for the Territories, Washington DC or on federal domains like military forts there is no enumerated power for such a statute to be in effect,
He may have. This was a bipartisan bill passed before COVID, though. Fauci was a not even known much yet.
If the enumerations of specific Powers to the federal and the reservation of all other possible powers to those besides the federal is rendered mere form without function, a superfluity, should the federal demand it can perform any function it wants …
… then what is it for the Constitution to enumerate specific circumstances related to specific sorts of locales not under the jurisdiction of a State whereby Congress may lawfully claim more general legislative power if Congress deems it can exercises general power in all circumstances whatsoever in any jurisdiction?
Absolutely. This is a load of crap. The FBI coming to your house because a neighbor said you forgot to feed your dog one day. Total violation of Federalism.
Please don’t tell my cat, because I accidentally (try convincing HIM!) stepped on his tail the night before last, and then we would not let him out again last night, after he brought a mouse in. Luckily it was sufficiently disabled to not run away and under some furniture. He spent the rest of the evening scouting around the house, looking for it.
Uh, mouse traps are now illegal?
“The law also bans “animal crush videos,” meaning any photograph, motion picture film, video or digital recording or electronic image that depicts animal cruelty.”
That means a security camera filing a car running over a squirrel makes the camera owner a felon.
And no more videos with hunters.
And no more hunting.
Serious question I don’t know the answer to. Would a local or state authority have the ability to prosecute a federal agent employee if they boiled golden retrievers alive to test the decibels of the yelps?
Is this the Act? https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/724/text
Because if it is, there are exceptions:
``(1) In general.—This section does not apply with regard
to any conduct, or a visual depiction of that conduct, that is—
``(A) a customary and normal veterinary,
agricultural husbandry, or other animal management
practice;
``(B) the slaughter of animals for food;
``(C) hunting, trapping, fishing, a sporting
activity not otherwise prohibited by Federal law,
predator control, or pest control;
``(D) medical or scientific research;
``(E) necessary to protect the life or property of a
person; or
``(F) performed as part of euthanizing an animal.
``(2) Good-faith distribution.—This section does not apply
to the good-faith distribution of an animal crush video to—
``(A) a law enforcement agency; or
``(B) a third party for the sole purpose of analysis
to determine if referral to a law enforcement agency is
appropriate.
``(3) Unintentional conduct.—This section does not apply to
unintentional conduct that injures or kills an animal.
Exceptions to a statute that presumes jurisdiction where there isn’t any.
“In general”
So, in practice, it can include those things, but “generally” not.
I’ve yet to see a law that wasn’t stretched to the limit to seek prosecutions.
But when were the beagles tortured?
Good points, by both of you.
Good point. Not sure.
Hunting is not torture if done correctly. Usually the animal is dead before it is dressed, right? Same could be said of butchering. IF we were talking about abusing humans in this manner abortions would fit the criteria.
They are talking about prolonged abuse, like Fauci did with the beagles and monkeys.
Fauci gets a pass under 1-D. Bummer.
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