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One of The Many Ugly Sides of Humans
State lawmaker considering bill that would make animal abuse a felony
Tennessee Rep. Janis Sontany is considering legislation that would make abuse of any confined animal a felony.
The Nashville Democrat visited the Tennessee State Fairgrounds on Tuesday and viewed 82 nearly starved horses and two mules that had been moved there last week after being found in atrocious conditions on a Cannon County farm.
Sontany told The Tennessean that farm animals were not included when a measure that addressed dog and cat abuse passed the Legislature because of objections from farming community representatives.
However, she said such treatment of horses — or any confined animal — should be a felony like it is when a dog or cat is abused.
Cannon County Sheriff Billy Nichols said the two men from whose farm the animals were removed face misdemeanor animal cruelty charges.
This is NOT how you treat animals!
It’s not often I agree with a Democrat, but I’m inclined to do so in this case. It’s not secret I love critters. All critters. I don’t think animals are equal to humans. I do believe if you choose to take an animal into your home, yard, whatever, you should treat them as a loved pet.
Living out in the middle of nowhere, I’ve learned just how oblivious, and callous, people can be when it comes to animals. Allowing your dogs (and cats) run wild, free to get hit by fast moving vehicles, dumping them off in sparsely populated areas to starve, is beyond my comprehension. We have ‘neighbors’ who rarely fed their horses, and luckily, finally sold them, hopefully to someone who will actually care for them. Most people who have been coming around know about our battles with peacocks and goats, neither of which are of the pet variety. One is only good for the tail feathers and the other is some good eating. Period.
There are purposes for different animals. Using them as food to sustain our bodies, work on farms, or to provide us company and love us unconditionally. They were NOT put on this planet to be abused!
H/T: Post Politics
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How terrible. We adopted 2 dogs from the shelter. They are so spoiled. They are our babies. They even sleep in our bed with us. How can anyone abuse an animal is beyond me. I hope animal abuse is changed from a misdemeaner to a felony, not only in Tennessee, but in all states.
Madalyn
We’ve acquired 3 more cats, and 2 ferals that seem to really like our front porch, that someone just dumped off in the country.