AR-News: (US-tn)Pet cruelty bill caught in budget crunch

[Animalconcerns]

[from The Tennessean]

Despite the outrage generated by the story of Gizmo, the Yorkshire terrier
killed last week, a tight state budget and competition from other causes
could hamper efforts to make aggravated animal cruelty a felony in Tennessee.

State Rep. Rob Briley of Nashville says the case of the 2-pound pet — who
was kicked like a football by an apartment complex maintenance worker,
according to its owner — shows the need to impose tougher penalties. The
newly dubbed ''Gizmo bill'' would make the first offense a felony. Now a
first offense is a Class A misdemeanor, and the crime becomes a felony for
second-time offenders.

full story:
http://www.tennessean.com/government/archives/04/04/49731464.shtml?Element_ID=49731464

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