Petition to The Minister of Justice - Animal Cruelty
- van: Julie Kertesz
- ontvanger: Minister of Justice
This page will provide with information on current legislation laws for cruelty to animals as well as admendments to that legislation. Please click on the specific PDF file for more information on cruelty to animals. Canada's current animal cruelty law was originally enacted in 1892 and very badly needs to be updated. If all that is needed were tougher penalties then Bill S-213 would do the trick. But, there is so much wrong with the current law that needs to be fixed and merely increasing penalties doesn't even come close to fixing the problems. The current law makes it very difficult to prosecute cases of neglect, even when numerous animal have been starved to death. The current law protects different animals differently, affording less protection for unowned animals than for owned animals. The current law doesn't make it a crime to train animals to fight other animals and it doesn't specifically protect law enforcement animals. Bill C-373 would fix all these problems; Bill S-213 would fix none of them.
What is important to note is that, while Bill C-373 modernizes the language, it does not make radical changes and does not give animals rights. Bill C-373 uses the same key words to describe the offences that have been used for the past 115 years. Such words include: "causing unnecessary pain and suffering" and "killing an animal without lawful excuse". This means that, contrary to claims being made by the hunting and fishing industries, lawful activities like farming, hunting, fishing, trapping and scientific research will remain lawful under Bill C-373. Information above provided by Shelagh McDonald, Program Director, Canadian Federation of Humane Societies www.cfhs.ca Under current Canadian Laws written in 1892...the maximum fine is 6 months jail sentence and a two thousand dollar fine with a possible two year ban on owning another animal."Bill C-373 , An Act to amend the Criminal Code in respect of cruelty to animals.
BILL C-373
"Under current Canadian Laws written in 1895...the maximum fine is 6 months jail sentence and a two thousand dollar fine with a possible two year ban on owning another animal." "Bill C-373 , An Act to amend the Criminal Code in respect of cruelty to animals. Its intention is to target those who knowingly or recklessly cause unnecessary pain, suffering or injury to an animal or cause pain or injury through criminally negligent conduct." The changes that Bill C-373 introduces to current Criminal Code provisions will:
• Move animals out of the property part of the Code and into a new part created just for animal cruelty offences;
• Make it illegal to brutally or viciously kill animals;
• Raise the penalty for intentional cruelty to a maximum of five years' imprisonment, up from the current six month penaltly;
• Give judges the authority to raise the fine for summary convictions to $10,000 from the current maximum fine of $2,000;
• Allow crimes of killing, harming or neglecting any species of animal to be charged as an indictable offence or punished by summary conviction. In the current Criminal Code, only crimes against cattle are considered an indictable offence carrying a maximum prison term of five years. Crimes against all other animals are currently punishable by summary conviction, which carries a maximum prison term of six months;
• ALLOW FOR A LIFETIME PROHIBITION ON FUTURE ANIMAL OWNERSHIP (up from the current maximum of two years) and a minimum of five-year prohibition for second or subsequent offences; and
• Allow judges to order anyone convicted of cruelty to animals to pay restitution (such as veterinary bills and shelter costs) to the animal welfare organization that subsequently cared for the animal(s).
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