animal abuse

People convicted of animal abuse can still own, adopt and foster pets under Massachusetts law, unless the abuse was of a sexual nature. A bill pending on Beacon Hill, titled An Act to Protect Animals from Convicted Animal Abusers, would expand the law to include other types of abuse, including torture, mutilation and dogfighting. “Most people don’t realize that...

There is proposed legislation in Massachusetts that would ban those convicted of animal cruelty from getting new animals