New York's Suffolk County approves law punishing convicted animal abusers if they own pets

Legislators successful Suffolk County, New York, strengthened an carnal cruelty instrumentality by making it a transgression for convicted carnal abusers to ain pets.

The region legislature voted past week to found a Class A misdemeanor for radical connected the county's convicted carnal abuser registry recovered to beryllium owning pets, according to the New York Post. The caller summation to the instrumentality carries penalties of up to a twelvemonth successful jailhouse oregon a $1,000 fine.

This expands connected a instrumentality the legislature enacted successful 2010 that created an carnal maltreatment registry, which requires convicted carnal abusers to adhd their sanction and interaction information. The 2010 instrumentality was among the archetypal of its benignant successful the U.S.

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Legislators successful Suffolk County, New York, strengthened an carnal cruelty instrumentality to marque it a transgression for radical convicted of carnal maltreatment to ain pets. (Getty Images)

County Executive Ed Romaine signed the expanded authorities connected Wednesday aft telling reporters past week that it volition "protect animals," according to the NYP.

"Do not maltreatment animals," helium said. "We volition spell aft you, and we volition prosecute you, and we volition support our animals."

The Suffolk County Police Department and territory attorney’s bureau support the registry, which presently lists 30 convicted carnal abusers. Offenders stay connected the registry for 10 years unless they are convicted of carnal abuse again, astatine which constituent the 10-year timer starts over.

While anyone convicted of carnal maltreatment successful the region was already prohibited from owning a pet, determination were nary penalties for violating the rule.

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The region legislature voted to found a Class A misdemeanor for convicted carnal abusers successful the country who are recovered to beryllium owning pets. (Getty Images)

"We are yet capable to adjacent this loophole and further support our animals," said Suffolk Legislator Stephanie Bontempi, who sponsored the legislation. "In Suffolk County, we volition not tolerate the maltreatment oregon neglect of animals. By closing this loophole, we volition guarantee that those offenders who disregard the instrumentality volition look consequences."

"It’s thing that shouldn’t adjacent beryllium an issue, but I’m gladsome we were capable to get this authorities connected the books," she added.

The expanded instrumentality was signed conscionable days aft dozens of dormant cats were recovered wrong a Long Island home, including successful a freezer and a container spring. Other felines were recovered live connected the poorly maintained property, which had urine and feces connected the floors and walls, among different things.

Suffolk Legislator Stephanie Bontempi sponsored the legislation. (Getty Images)

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Roy Gross, main of Suffolk County's Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, welcomed the caller instrumentality aft years of warring for stronger penalties.

"For the archetypal time, we really person the powerfulness to instrumentality enactment against repetition offenders — before, our hands were tied," helium told Newsday.