Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal is sponsoring five animal rights bills; hopefully they will become laws.
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Here's a rundown of the bills:
- Cat declawing, the surgical amputation of a cat’s digit at the first joint, is painful, inhumane and medically unnecessary. The bill, A1303, will ban the practice in the State of New York.
- The sale of fur relies on brutality and animal abuse. Fur is neither functional nor fashionable. Stopping fur sales helps to stop animal abuse. The bill, A.5040, will ban the sale and transfer of fur apparel statewide.
- The sale of cats, dogs and rabbits in pet stores fuels the poor breeding at puppy, kitten and bunny mills. We must end the puppy mill to pet store pipeline now. The bill, A.6298, will prohibit the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits in pet stores, and instead allows pet stores to make space available to shelters to display animals for adoption.
- An animal abuse registry will help ensure that animals are not adopted out to known abusers or people with a dangerous predilection to harm animals. The bill, A.1090, will create a private database for animal rescues to search before they adopt out animals.
- Bella’s Bill, A.342,will revolutionize animal law enforcement and protection by moving the animal crimes from the Agriculture and Markets section of law to the Penal Law, where all other crimes are housed.