Tagged: Animal Abuse

Animal Cruelty
4:04 pm
Mon February 27, 2012

Animal Rescuers Say Idaho Bill Does Little To Prevent Cruelty

Credit Photo credit: Jessica Robinson / Northwest News Network
Tony Mangan of Spirit Lake, Idaho, says Panhandle Equine Rescue removed Maggie from a ranch where she and other horses were starved.

SPIRIT LAKE, Idaho - Idaho is one of only three states that don’t consider animal cruelty a felony. That would change under a bill now in the Idaho House. The measure allows up to a year in jail and a $9,000 fine for the worst types of abuse. Yet the measure hasn’t drawn cheers from animal rescue groups.

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