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Help us in our mission to make animal cruelty/neglect to cats and dogs a felony!
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- MS-FACT is a grassroots, non-partisan, political organization seeking to enact reasonable and balanced FELONY ANIMAL CRUELTY legislation to protect dogs and cats in Mississippi.
- Mississippi’s existing laws to protect DOGS and CATS are inadequate. What we are asking for is moderate but critical. We seek to provide laws to prosecute those who maliciously torture and abuse DOGS and CATS only.
- Mississippi is one of only four states, and the ONLY southern state without a felony for the worst acts of animal cruelty against dogs and cats.
- Animal cruelty is a predictor and indicator of violent crimes, domestic violence and child abuse. Serial killers and school shooters frequently have histories of abusing animals. Passing a felony animal cruelty law is a crucial step to ensuring safety for entire communities.
- Animal cruelty occurs in Mississippi. Because the current law is weak, even the most heinous crimes against dogs and cats are often not prosecuted, or are only prosecuted as misdemeanors.
- Animal abuse is often linked to domestic abuse because offenders often turn their violent tendencies towards people.
- Anti-cruelty laws act as a deterrent and method of punishment for those individuals who perpetrate the most heinous acts of cruelty against animals. They protect innocent children from violent predators.
- This law will provide law enforcement with a tool to take violent offenders off the streets before they escalate to violence against people.
- The legislation that MS-FACT has drafted provides dogs and cats the same protections already extended to livestock under current Mississippi law.
** The people of Mississippi want animal cruelty to be prosecuted.
Senate Bill 2623 PASSES the Senate! With 50 Senators voting in favor of
this important piece of legislation, Senate Bill 2623 will now make its way over to the House. Senator's Hewes and Tollison did a fantastic job
defending this bill and we could not be prouder to call ourselves their
supporters! The Senate showed Mississippi that it is ready and willing to stand up for what is right, moral and just! We thank each Senator for their superb support!
Mississippi - Fighting Animal Cruelty Together (MS-FACT)
P.O. Box 1485
Madison, MS 39130