Funbrunette
12-01-2002, 02:09 PM
Ok, I don't usually do this, but this is something that means SO much to me, something I am extremely passionate about so please take a few seconds to read and sign.
We can no longer close our eyes to this and pretend that it dosen't happen. It is happening. It is happening every day. It is easy to believe these horrendous actions occur only in other areas of the world. The truth is it is occuring in your own town, in your own back yard and some times, right under your nose.
Bill C-10 (b): CRUELTY TO ANIMALS LEGISLATION
Body of Petition:
We, the undersigned citizens of Canada
draw the attention of the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee to the following:
- THAT the cruelty to animals sections of the Criminal Code have not been significantly changed in more than 100 years;
-THAT crimes against animals are currently in the Property Section of the Criminal Code, rather than in a separate section where animals can be protected as sentient beings that can suffer;
-THAT the current Criminal Code does not adequately protect animals from cruelty and abuse, nor does it appropriately punish those who inflict willful and unnecessary suffering on them;
-THAT currently the Criminal Code only allows for a two-year prohibition on animal ownership for convicted abusers, thereby permitting them to continue the cycle of abuse;
-THAT humane societies and SPCA's may incur substantial costs in providing food, shelter and medical care for animals they seize from abusive situations.
THEREFORE, your petitioners respectfully request that, as soon as possible, the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee support Bill C-10 (b) as it currently reads in order to strengthen Crimes Against Animals sections of the Criminal Code, which prohibit persons from committing criminal acts of cruelty, abuse, abandonment or neglect of animals.
Please sign petition here (http://www.petitionpetition.com/cgi/petition.cgi?id=4887&action=signForm)
We can no longer close our eyes to this and pretend that it dosen't happen. It is happening. It is happening every day. It is easy to believe these horrendous actions occur only in other areas of the world. The truth is it is occuring in your own town, in your own back yard and some times, right under your nose.
Bill C-10 (b): CRUELTY TO ANIMALS LEGISLATION
Body of Petition:
We, the undersigned citizens of Canada
draw the attention of the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee to the following:
- THAT the cruelty to animals sections of the Criminal Code have not been significantly changed in more than 100 years;
-THAT crimes against animals are currently in the Property Section of the Criminal Code, rather than in a separate section where animals can be protected as sentient beings that can suffer;
-THAT the current Criminal Code does not adequately protect animals from cruelty and abuse, nor does it appropriately punish those who inflict willful and unnecessary suffering on them;
-THAT currently the Criminal Code only allows for a two-year prohibition on animal ownership for convicted abusers, thereby permitting them to continue the cycle of abuse;
-THAT humane societies and SPCA's may incur substantial costs in providing food, shelter and medical care for animals they seize from abusive situations.
THEREFORE, your petitioners respectfully request that, as soon as possible, the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee support Bill C-10 (b) as it currently reads in order to strengthen Crimes Against Animals sections of the Criminal Code, which prohibit persons from committing criminal acts of cruelty, abuse, abandonment or neglect of animals.
Please sign petition here (http://www.petitionpetition.com/cgi/petition.cgi?id=4887&action=signForm)