AR-News: (US-tn) Bill puts teeth to animal cruelty offenders

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Gov. Phil Bredesen signed an amendment last Tuesday that elevates the
punishment for aggravated cruelty to animals.
The amendment becomes law in Tennessee on July 1 this year. The bill is
named for "Gizmo," a two-pound Yorkshire Terrier allegedly killed by a
man who kicked the dog like a football, officials said.

The amendment increases the sanction imposed upon a first conviction for
aggravated cruelty to animals from Class A misdemeanor to Class E felony
and retains Class E felony sanctions for subsequent violations. 

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