Lawmakers heard testimony this week on a new bill that would change Vermont’s animal cruelty laws by expanding what defines animal cruelty, requiring that courts impose sanctions on offenders, and ... A new Florida bill, HB 559, increases penalties for animal cruelty and creates new felonies for committing such acts in front of a minor. The bill raises the maximum civil penalty for a first offense ...

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