It could soon be against the law in New Jersey to tie the family pet up in the yard for long periods of time. Thats the aim of bills recently introduced by Tenth District lawmakers Senator Andy Ciesla and Assemblymen Dave Wolfe and Jim Holzapfel. Senate bill S1705 and Assembly bill A2773 would update New Jersey's animal cruelty statutes making it a disorderly persons offense to inflict unnecessary cruelty upon a living animal by chaining or otherwise restraining the animal so as to deprive it of the ability to properly eat, drink shelter itself, move sufficiently to maintain its mobility...