Puppy beating may lead to Calif. animal cruelty register

[The Straight Story]

Puppy beating may lead to Calif. animal cruelty register


In the wake of the savage beating of a puppy, a California lawmaker has proposed the creation of a registry of animal-cruelty offenders, akin to those that list sex offenders.

California Senate Majority Leader Dean Florez, a Bakersfield, Calif. Democrat, has proposed legislation to create an animal abuse registry, the first in the country if approved. People convicted of felony animal cruelty would be required to list their address and criminal history on a registry.

The bill follows the recent conviction of a former Los Angeles County firefighter who beat his neighbor's dog so severely it had to be euthanized.

Now-former firefighter Glynn Johnson was sentenced to three years parole and community service working with dogs. A jury found him guilty of felony animal cruelty for beating the dog, Karley, with a rock. Johnson said he was defending himself after the dog latched onto his hand. He was required to pay for the family's veterinary bills.

http://www.scrippsnews.com/content/puppy-beating-may-lead-calif-animal-cruelty-register

[flvegan]

1. Good. n/t

[EFerrari]

2. Good.

:grr:

[greencharlie]

3. Glynn Johnson is a piece of crap. They shoulda' put him in jail and thrown the key away. Scum. nt

[madmax]

4. There is no hell

suffienct for scum who abuse, kill, main, or torture a child or an animal.

[rocktivity]

5. Excellent idea: As children, 94% of serial killers either bedwet excessively, started fires

or tortured animals--like Jeffery Dahmer.

:bounce:
rocktivity

[Texasgal]

6. I have NO problem with this!

GOOD!

[sharesunited]

7. Would an offender be required to go to neighboring homes and introduce himself?

[LeftyMom]

8. AFAIK, the main purpose is to prevent shelters and rescues from giving that person an animal in the

future.

There are very incomplete unofficial databases for that purpose already, a centralized public one run by people with better access to records would be a huge improvement.

[jgraz]

9. I hope they include the hoarders on this list.

That's the biggest problem we face with parrots: people compulsively buying/adopting far more birds than they can care for.

[underseasurveyor]

10. Hey I'm thumbs up for that

:thumbsup::thumbsup: