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2007 SESSION
HB 2081 Cruelty to animals; Class 6 felony for any person to willfully & unnecessarily cause death thereof.
Introduced by: Robert J. Wittman | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Animal cruelty. Makes it a Class 6 felony for any person to willfully and unnecessarily cause the death of a dog or cat. The bill also allows an owner of a dog or cat to use all reasonable and necessary force against another dog to protect his dog or cat, while on the owner's property, from imminent risk of injury or death from an attack by a dog. If the owner has taken such an action he is presumed to not have violated the animal cruelty statute.
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HISTORY
- 01/08/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 072546554
- 01/08/07 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/23/07 House: Assigned ACNRsub: Agriculture (Orrock)
- 02/06/07 House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources