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Senate unanimously passes bill to make animal cruelty federal felony
CNN VideoWASHINGTON, D.C. - The Senate has unanimously passed a bill that makes animal cruelty a federal felony. The PACT Act -- which stands for Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture -- was approved by the Senate on Tuesday. The bipartisan legislation, which passed the House last month, expands a previous law passed in 2010. Current federal law prohibits animal fighting and only criminalizes animal cruelty if the wrongdoers create and sell videos depicting the act. Right now, all 50 states have laws in their books against animal cruelty on the state level.
US House passes bill to make animal cruelty a felony
A bill that would make malicious animal cruelty a federal felony was passed in the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday. The bipartisan Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act bans crushing, burning, drowning and impaling animals, among other things. According to KUTV, it also gives officials the authority to go after suspected animal abusers who cross state lines. The so-called PACT Act bans animal cruelty recorded on video. Violations of the PACT Act could result in prison time of up to seven years.
House passes bill that makes animal cruelty federal felony
Pixabay(CNN) - The House has unanimously passed a bill that makes animal cruelty a federal felony. The PACT Act -- which stands for Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture -- was approved by the House on Tuesday. The bipartisan act, introduced by Florida congressmen Ted Deutch and Vern Buchanan, will revise a previous law passed in 2010. "Passing the PACT Act sends a strong message that this behavior will not be tolerated." Currently, federal law only explicitly prohibits animal fighting, and only criminalizes wrongdoers when they create and sell videos depicting the actual animal cruelty.