Thank State of Illinois for Preventing the Criminalization of Canines
Target:Jerry Mitchell, Representative; William Haine, Senator Sponsored by:Care2
An innovative law that took effect January 1, 2007 will prevent dogs from being used as weapons.
Gang members, who are often legally prohibited from owning armed weapons, frequently use dogs as weapons to intimidate community members. This novel law was developed as a solution to protect the public from dangerous dogs, while also keeping the best interests of dogs at heart.
Public Act 94-0818 will make it a misdemeanor for a person convicted of a felony to own, possess, have custody of, or reside with an un-neutered dog older than 12 weeks of age, or any dog deemed "vicious" under the Illinois Animal Control Act.
"Dogs are wonderful companions and great protectors in many situations," stated State Representative Jerry Mitchell. "They were never meant to be used as a weapon to protect or defend illegal activities."
Please join the ASPCA in thanking Rep. Jerry Mitchell and Sen. William Haine for sponsoring this extremely important public and animal safety bill.
We signed the “Thank State of Illinois for Preventing the Criminalization of Canines” petition!
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9:53 am PDT, Apr 23,Glenn Goris, Belgium
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9:58 pm PDT, Apr 20,Jenny Vegan, United States Minor Outlying Islands
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4:26 pm PDT, Apr 17,Vanessa Garvy, Illinois
Thank you
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11:35 pm PDT, Apr 14,Pauline Guest, California
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10:06 am PDT, Apr 7,Anastasia Elchinskaya, Russian Federation
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8:40 am PDT, Apr 2,Marcia Warth, Ohio
Kudos and Thank you! We need more laws enforced that benefit animals and law abiding citizens, rather than BSL!
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8:55 am PDT, Mar 30,LINDA DUKE, Illinois
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1:15 pm PDT, Mar 9,JOCELYNE ANNIE, Canada
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12:14 pm PDT, Mar 9,Animal Lover Claudia P, Netherlands
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5:06 am PDT, Mar 9,Donna Collins, Kentucky
Thank you for standing up for what is right.
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3:28 am PDT, Mar 9,Adrian Lewis, South Africa
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12:45 am PST, Mar 9,INGRID PEETERS, Spain
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1:23 pm PST, Mar 6,Codi Braun, Illinois
Living in Illinois and seeing dogs used in fights and as weapons, is looked down apon where I live in Illinois. It is sick what people will do to animals.
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7:17 pm PST, Mar 5,Alicia Lobo, Illinois
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10:38 am PST, Mar 5,Pearl Millard, United Kingdom
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7:02 pm PST, Mar 2,Ellie Willging, Illinois
Thankyou! Animals are meant to be companions and deserve to have a good friend who will respect them.
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6:52 am PST, Feb 29,Angela Duquette, New Hampshire
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1:05 pm PST, Feb 27,Ivana Soldic, Serbia And Montenegro
