Anything I can do to help,and I mean anything at all just let me know. I think this is a wonderful idea and I'm behind it 100%.
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Tougher Sentencing for Crimes Against Animals
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I love that idea!
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The web hosting set up will be finished by tomorrow afternoon. You will all be able to see the beginnings of our website!
I need help with the opening paragraph for the Home Page. We need a statement that will make people want to get involved in the fight for tougher sentencing for animal cruelty. The statement can't be a mission statement because there is a separate page for that. Please help because I'm having a really hard time coming up with something.
The Links Page is finished. There is, of course, a link to TCS and a link to Heidi's Stray Pet Advocacy site.
I need all the Directors and Officers to pm me their last names because there is a page that will list everyone's name and title.
I wrote 2 articles for the site and look forward to adding articles contributed by anyone who wants to submit them.
This gets more and more exciting all the time!
I need help with the opening paragraph for the Home Page. We need a statement that will make people want to get involved in the fight for tougher sentencing for animal cruelty. The statement can't be a mission statement because there is a separate page for that. Please help because I'm having a really hard time coming up with something.
The Links Page is finished. There is, of course, a link to TCS and a link to Heidi's Stray Pet Advocacy site.
I need all the Directors and Officers to pm me their last names because there is a page that will list everyone's name and title.
I wrote 2 articles for the site and look forward to adding articles contributed by anyone who wants to submit them.
This gets more and more exciting all the time!
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The website is up now. You can see it at: http://www.animal-justice.org/
Wow!
It's really looking good!
(I looked at the punishments for each state, & it amazes me how someone can get away with what would be considered a slap on the wrist for torturing a living being.)
It's really looking good!
(I looked at the punishments for each state, & it amazes me how someone can get away with what would be considered a slap on the wrist for torturing a living being.)
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I know what you mean. These are maximum sentences and those monsters usually get off a lot easier.
Wow Barbara, the website is looking really good!!!
However, I think the max penalty for animal cruelty here in Georgia is 5 years, not 1 (that's what the ADA told me). Not enough, but at least it is considered a felony.
However, I think the max penalty for animal cruelty here in Georgia is 5 years, not 1 (that's what the ADA told me). Not enough, but at least it is considered a felony.
WOW!!! This is FANTASTIC! I LOVE the website and Barbara put it together so quickly!!!
Wow! A lot's been happening over the past few days. The website looks great Barbara!
Please, everyone - tell everyone you know to check out this website! I am!
Barbara, I'm going to do a few more articles on the animal abuse/domestic violence link in future issues of my newsletter and I'd really like to include a link to this website in it, if you wouldn't mind.
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I did some more research and found this out: The animal cruelty statute says up to one year but the Georgia Animal Protection Act of 2000 has a sentence up to one year for general cruelty and up to five years for aggravated cruelty.Originally Posted by ugaimes
Wow Barbara, the website is looking really good!!!
However, I think the max penalty for animal cruelty here in Georgia is 5 years, not 1 (that's what the ADA told me). Not enough, but at least it is considered a felony.
I'm not sure what the distinction is between general cruelty and aggravated cruelty. I would think that the monster that burned up the dog in the oven is charged with aggravated cruelty but his lawyers will probably plea it down to a lesser charge. I would be interested to know how many people have actually been convicted for aggravated cruelty in Georgia since the Act was passed.
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Yes, feel free to link to the website. It is your site too! The site belongs to everyone who is listed as a Director or Officer. If you'd like to post the articles from your newsletter on the site, please pm them to me.
Absosmurfly!
That's great, Amy!Originally Posted by ugaimes
Absosmurfly!Hopefully I'll have a good article for you tomorrow on the pet abuse/domestic violence link!
I was wondering if the animals pictured on the home page are ones that have been abused. If not, maybe we can post some that are and tell the animals' stories. This could really move people.
The website looks really good! I'll definitely link back to your site on SPA.
I can't tell you the conviction rate, but I can tell you the difference between Cruelty and Aggravated Cruelty (from SPA on theLaw Summaries page):
Animal Cruelty is defined as: “causes death or unjustifiable physical pain or suffering to any animal by an act, an omission, or willful neglect. Willful neglect means the intentional withholding of food and water required by an animal to prevent starvation or dehydration.†This is a misdemeanor with a fine up to $1000 and/or imprisonment for up to 1 year.
Aggravated Cruelty is defined as: “knowingly and maliciously causes death or physical harm to an animal by rendering a part of such animal's body useless or by seriously disfiguring such animal.†This carries imprisonment of minimum 1 year, maximum 5 years, and/or a fine up to $15,000.
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The animals on the home page are from a royalty free images set. I think it's a great idea to include animal abuse stories that includes pictures of the victims! How about a separate page or section that is exclusively devoted to this?
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Thanks Heidi! By definition, the monster who put the dog in the oven definitely committed aggravated cruelty.Originally Posted by valanhb
The website looks really good! I'll definitely link back to your site on SPA.It's a great start!
I can't tell you the conviction rate, but I can tell you the difference between Cruelty and Aggravated Cruelty (from SPA on theLaw Summaries page):
Animal Cruelty is defined as: “causes death or unjustifiable physical pain or suffering to any animal by an act, an omission, or willful neglect. Willful neglect means the intentional withholding of food and water required by an animal to prevent starvation or dehydration.†This is a misdemeanor with a fine up to $1000 and/or imprisonment for up to 1 year.
Aggravated Cruelty is defined as: “knowingly and maliciously causes death or physical harm to an animal by rendering a part of such animal's body useless or by seriously disfiguring such animal.†This carries imprisonment of minimum 1 year, maximum 5 years, and/or a fine up to $15,000.
I think I'll start researching conviction rates. There are a lot of laws and statutes that aren't enforced very well. It will be interesting to see what the averages of the actual sentences are and how often the perpetrators get off the hook completely.
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Updates:
I just put up a statistics page and a new article. It is too hard to find info on conviction rates. If anyone can find it please let me know. I removed the inactive links until those pages are ready (so we won't have that "Under Construction" look).
Coming soon: A petition for tougher laws against animal cruelty.
I thought it would be nice for us to have stationery for our organization and discovered that letterhead stationery is quite pricey. So I designed it myself. If anyone is interested in using the official stationery, please pm me your address and I'll mail it to you.
I just put up a statistics page and a new article. It is too hard to find info on conviction rates. If anyone can find it please let me know. I removed the inactive links until those pages are ready (so we won't have that "Under Construction" look).
Coming soon: A petition for tougher laws against animal cruelty.
I thought it would be nice for us to have stationery for our organization and discovered that letterhead stationery is quite pricey. So I designed it myself. If anyone is interested in using the official stationery, please pm me your address and I'll mail it to you.
It just came over the news, that a couple of punk kids shot a kit with a bb gun. The bb entered through the kits ribs and punctured both lungs...
The owner of the cat rushed her to Angel Memorial, but the poor kit still passed away......
The women was obviously broken and distraught, she sobbed during the interview, and the kits sister has not left her passed siblings cat bed since it happened......
These wastes of human life were arrested, but they face only a possible 1 year in prison and a 1000$ fine....disgusting
I understand that some people out there feel that animals deserve less rights then humans....(which i dont agree with) but what about justice for the pain caused, a pain that this poor women and her remaining kit feel, a pain that will not easily go away.
I started to cry when i read this, and spoke out of anger...i said to john "If they shot one of my kits, id blow there heads off, let there mothers miss her children as much as this women misses hers"
I know thats harsh, and i would never take justice into my own hands, but i believe my statement has something to it......
a loss of life is a loss of life.....pain is pain...i feel the judicial system should keep that in mind.
The owner of the cat rushed her to Angel Memorial, but the poor kit still passed away......
The women was obviously broken and distraught, she sobbed during the interview, and the kits sister has not left her passed siblings cat bed since it happened......
These wastes of human life were arrested, but they face only a possible 1 year in prison and a 1000$ fine....disgusting
I understand that some people out there feel that animals deserve less rights then humans....(which i dont agree with) but what about justice for the pain caused, a pain that this poor women and her remaining kit feel, a pain that will not easily go away.
I started to cry when i read this, and spoke out of anger...i said to john "If they shot one of my kits, id blow there heads off, let there mothers miss her children as much as this women misses hers"
I know thats harsh, and i would never take justice into my own hands, but i believe my statement has something to it......
a loss of life is a loss of life.....pain is pain...i feel the judicial system should keep that in mind.
