CBS News: House passes bill that would make animal cruelty a federal felony
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill that would make animal cruelty a federal felony. The Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act, or PACT Act, bans abusive behavior including crushing, burning, drowning, suffocating, impaling and other bodily injury toward any non-humans.
It’s good to see other work is getting done on Capitol Hill. This bill is a long time coming. Now it needs to pass the Senate.
To all of the animal lovers who understand why it's important to protect our animals from abuse-
And for every animal who brings us joy, including my staff's many companion animals-
I'm proud to pass the #PACTAct to make animal abuse a federal offense. pic.twitter.com/7nbffxgD4q
— Ted Deutch (@RepTedDeutch) October 22, 2019
