Legislation awaits signature of county executive to require store owners to screen customers for pet abuse.
A bill passed by the Suffolk County Legislature May 10 could require pet sellers to screen potential customers before a sale is made, further strengthening a bill passed last year to help prevent animals from falling into the wrong hands. The bill currently awaits the signature of County Executive Steve Levy. Last year, Suffolk County approved the first public registry of convicted animal abusers of its kind under “Justin’s Law,” following the arrest of Sachem resident Sharon McDonough’s for felony animal cruelty in 2009. “Cooper’s bill,” sponsored by Legislative Majority Leader Jon Cooper, D-Lloyd Harbor, would require county pet stores, breeders and animal shelters to ask for photo identification from prospective owners and adopters. …
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Landmark animal protection initiatives rolled out during Thursday press conference.
In the face of the growing number of cases of animal abuse being reported locally, Suffolk County Legislative Majority Leader Jon Cooper, D-Lloyd Harbor, announced a series of initiatives that would put Suffolk at the national vanguard of protecting animal rights at a press conference at the William H. Rogers Legislature Building in Hauppauge on Thursday morning. Standing with grateful pet owners, animal rights advocates and other supporters – both two- and four-legged – Cooper laid out the groundwork for two bills which would create a public Animal Abuser Registry listing the names of those convicted of inhumane treatment and torture of animals, prevent those convicted of animal abuse from adopting or purchasing animals, and prohibit pet …
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Clifford Sondock
9:34 pm on Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Ridiculous. Our legislators have too much time on their hands. The county is going broke and is too restrictive on people and business...and they are passing laws to regualte the pet industry. Give me a break! more ›