Governor Matt Mead signed a bill into law that now include pet cruelty as a crime. I am kind of surprised it wasn’t already in Wyoming. Apparently with laws getting voted in and repealed there was a void where no particular law covered cruelty of animal pets. Senate File 100 is suppose to close said loopholes that were left from Senate File 10. In a surprising discovery I guess the American Kennel Club actually apposed adding puppy mills and animal hoarders to the bill hmmmm. The definition according to the state is people now are committing a crime if the keep a household pet in a way that causes “chronic or repeated serious physical harm,” Also defined by the state, a household pet is defined as any dog, cat, rabbit, guinea pig, hamster, mouse, gerbil, ferret, bird, fish, reptile, amphibian, invertebrate or any other species of domesticated animal kept as a pet. The state will be diverting $100,000 from its operating account to help cover enforcement of the new law.
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We have an issue here in Wheatland, Wy about animal cruelty and we have called the cops numerous times to help these poor dogs out and they tell us there is nothing to do. So when these 4 little dogs die because nobody has been there in over a week then will they do something??? Im so apaulled by the law enforcments denial that i want to break into this house and save these dogs myself and when i go to jail for breaking into a home maybe they will open their eyes and see how horrible these pets have been treated. I sure hope Wyoming will do something about this issue.
There reluctance to do anything may be because technically there was no law being broken. You should probably call them back out and inform them that now there is a law being broken. I am not saying they are right by ignoring it but they swore to uphold the law so maybe their hands were just tied.