The House of Representatives passed a bill to prevent cruelty and theft of animals and provide penalties for such actions during a session on Rota yesterday.<\/p>\n
Currently, the CNMI has no existing laws protecting animals from cruelty or theft.<\/p>\n
House Bill 19-55, authored by Rep. Ed Propst (Ind-Saipan), proposed fines ranging from $250 to $1,000 for cruel mistreatment, neglect, abandonment, and torture or torment of animals.<\/p>\n
The passage of the bill this month follows a standing committee report from the House committee on Natural Resources that recommended its passage.<\/p>\n
In that report, the committee found that the malicious acts of violence toward animals, which had been recorded and posted on Facebook and Youtube, paints a negative outlook on the CNMI.<\/p>\n
The committee found that as of 2007, some 1,880 cases of animal cruelty have been reported.<\/p>\n
If enacted into law, the bill would follow the 50 other U.S. states that have implemented some form of animal cruelty laws.<\/p>\n
If enacted, municipal mayors will be given expenditure authority of all fees and fines collected within their municipality from the bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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