But in Florida if you fail to give food and water to your pet you could be fined $5,000 and spend time in jail. Looks to me like the people of Florida had been asleep while these laws were passed.
"But in Florida if you fail to give food and water to your pet you could be fined $5,000 and spend time in jail. Looks to me like the people of Florida had been asleep while these laws were passed."
Apples and oranges. You can take a pet to the vet and have it killed without punishment. In fact, I suspect you can kill your own pet in Florida.
Human beings are different. We do not inject human beings with drugs to kill them. We do, sometimes, withhold treatement under certain circumstances.
You cannot compare animal abuse laws and end of life laws for humans. You can have your pet put down anytime you wish, ill or not.