Suffolk becomes the first county in the country to establish a public animal abuse registry.
Suffolk County has officially become the first county in the nation to pass a bill to establish a public animal abuser registry. Authored by the legislature's majority leader, Jon Cooper, D-Lloyd Harbor, the bill creates the first publicly searchable database of convicted animal abusers, which Cooper said he hopes officially exists within the next few months. The law, which must be signed into law or vetoed in the next 30 days by County Executive Steve Levy, requires convicted abusers to register their names, addresses and a photograph with the registry. Additionally, each offender must pay an annual fee of $50 for the five years that they must register with the database after being convicted. The database will be run by the Suffolk County…
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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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Tom B.
5:36 pm on Friday, August 20, 2010
This makes a lot of sense. Kudos to Mr. Cooper for taking the initiative on this issue. Anyone who tortures or abuses an animal deserves to be on a public registry - these people are sick individuals. more ›