AR-News: (US NY) CITY PUTS BITE ON SICKO PET ABUSERS

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

February 10, 2004 -- EXCLUSIVE 

People who torture, beat or starve their pets could be the ones who end up in 
a cage - thanks to a new effort by city animal-welfare officials. 
Spurred on in part by the horrific case of Sparky, the sore-covered, 
emaciated pit bull discovered two weeks ago in The Bronx, the city animal shelter will 
next month begin documenting neglect and abuse in the 60,000 animals that 
pass through the public shelter system each year. 
The evidence will be turned over to the ASPCA and the city's five 
prosecutors, who have formed an animal-abuse information-sharing task force that could 
lead to more prosecutions and even jail time for offenders. 
In the past, animal shelter workers weren't required to document abuse or 
report it to law-enforcement authorities. 



full story:
http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/17591.htm 


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