Maryland one of the best states to be an animal abuser
December 29, 2009
Posted by Jill Rosen at 10:12AM
There are a lot of year-end wrap up lists out there, but this one has to be among the bleakest. The Animal Legal Defense Fund compiled its list of the states where it's not so bad to be an animal abuser, the places where the cruelty laws don't have teeth and an abuser might not be prosecuted.
The states are: Hawaii, Idaho, Kentucky, Mississippi, and North Dakota. The organization points to Kentucky as the single worst state in the nation for animal protection laws.
Maryland, by the way, is on the bottom tier. That's pretty bad. Pretty embarrassing, actually.
The report states: Why are these five states in the dog house when it comes to getting tough on animal abuse? The legislative weaknesses seen in the states at the bottom of the animal protection barrel include severely restricted or absent felony animal cruelty provisions, inadequate animal fighting provisions, and lack of restrictions on the future ownership of animals for those convicted of cruelty to animals.
Source: http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/features/mutts/blog/2009/12/the_best_states_to_be_an_anima.html
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