Animal Welfare: Bill C-10B
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Canadian newspapers reported 221 cases of animal abuse between March of 2001 and September of 2002. Its thought that only 5\% of abuses are actually reported, which means the real number of animal abuse cases is more like 4,400 or 110 everyday.
A Toronto pair recently convicted of skinning a cat alive and videotaping it were given minimal sentences; one received 18 months of house arrest and the other 90 days in jail to be served only on weekends.
In response to Canadians outrage over animal abuse offences like the one in Toronto, Bill C-10B was proposed. It was to be the first major revision of the Canadian Criminal Codes section on cruelty to animals since 1892. It seeks to:
Ш Remove animals from the property section of the code in recognition of their ability to feel.
Ш Allow crimes against animals to be an indictable offence.
Ш Provide stiffer penalties for people convicted of cruelty to animals.
Since 1999 (the year Bill C-10B was first proposed) the Bill has been stalled repeatedly, largely due industry pressure. We would like to see Bill C-10B passed without modification.
A Toronto pair recently convicted of skinning a cat alive and videotaping it were given minimal sentences; one received 18 months of house arrest and the other 90 days in jail to be served only on weekends.
In response to Canadians outrage over animal abuse offences like the one in Toronto, Bill C-10B was proposed. It was to be the first major revision of the Canadian Criminal Codes section on cruelty to animals since 1892. It seeks to:
Ш Remove animals from the property section of the code in recognition of their ability to feel.
Ш Allow crimes against animals to be an indictable offence.
Ш Provide stiffer penalties for people convicted of cruelty to animals.
Since 1999 (the year Bill C-10B was first proposed) the Bill has been stalled repeatedly, largely due industry pressure. We would like to see Bill C-10B passed without modification.
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How can we condemn other countries for their practices of cruelty to animals when we are far from perfect?
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This is an important issue not only for the prevention of unethical treatment of animals. There have been psychological studies which have shown a correlation between mistreatment of animals and mistreatment of human beings by the same individuals.
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Arryn S
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I have printed my own petition for this bill, and posted it at my work. I've had two requests to print it out for others to take to their work place. So far the responses are touching. I have also written to all of the senators who killed this bill in Nov
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