Tyler obviously isnt feeling too well tonight so i am up rubbing her tummy and surfing the web when i came across this article. If you click on the link below there is a poll at the bottom as well as the link to the petition site.

http://www.care2.com/causes/animal-w...user-registry/

Do You Know Who Your Neighbors Are? California Considers Registry for Animal Abusers
posted by: alicia graef 1 day ago

Sadly, there’s no shortage of stories about animals being tortured and abused hitting the news. Girl bakes kitten in oven, boy throws dog off rooftop, man adopts kitten from shelter, pokes out her eyes, breaks her legs, cuts off her feet and leaves her to bleed to death in his basement.

These horrors occur undetected every day across the country. Don’t you want to know if these outstanding citizens are your very own next-door neighbors? Soon you may just be a few clicks away from finding out.

Last Friday, a bill was introduced in California by the state Senate’s majority leader Dean Florez that calls for the creation of an online registry for animal abusers, similar to the ones used for sex offenders, reports the New York Times.

The bill was drafted in collaboration with the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), and would require that “any person convicted of a felony involving animal cruelty would have to register with the police and provide a range of personal information and a current photograph. That information would be posted online, along with information on the person’s offense.”

Some have raised concerns over privacy issues. However, lawyer and ALDF board member Joshua Marquis, points out that such a registry would not turn a person into a pariah, and that, “it gives information to someone who might be considering hiring that person for a job.”

“I do not think for animal abusers it’s unreasonable considering the risk they pose, much like the risk that people who abuse children do,” he added.

Gillian Deegan, an assistant commonwealth’s attorney in Va., adds that such a registry could also be valuable in tracking people who run puppy mills and animal-fighting rings, as well as hoarders, who sometimes collect hundreds of animals, often resulting in neglect.

Animal abuse is not just bad for animals either and has been extensively documented as a predictor of human abuse, and is often related to domestic violence, child abuse and other crimes. Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer got his start on animals as a child.

Animal abusers are five times more likely to commit violent crimes against people and four times more likely to commit property crimes than are individuals without a history of animal abuse, according to the ALDF.

Not only would this type of registry provide valuable information to communities who want to keep their pets and families safe, but it also provides an excellent resource for shelters and rescue groups who need to screen potential adopters, along with keeping track of abusers who slither off to new locations only to start the cycle of abuse over somewhere new.

Please sign Care2’s petition asking Governor Schwarzenegger to support the bill for an animal abuse registry.

I didnt know anything about this so I ran a search and didnt come up with anything and figured you guys might want to know about this.

You can find the petition here http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/164555347

Do you know what the bill name is? I think it sounds great but just making sure it isnt attached to SB250 in which is a really bad bill they are trying to push and sometimes they only list what part of the bill is about?

Here is information on SB250
http://www.facebook.com/michelle.ses...9943808&ref=mf

The SB250 bill is very scary, it would lead to the extinction of domestic pets. Also we as pet owners would lose our rights. There are already horror stories out there about HSUS carrying fake badges and kicking in doors and confiscating family pets

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awh this is bad ! does it mean that every dog would be castrated/nutered so thier will be no more puppies ?

I read about this on either pawnation or pet sugar (I can't remember which one). The only caveat is that they plan on paying for it by adding a tax to pet food In the end though, I'd rather pay a little more for my pet food and know if there's any offenders living in my area.

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What is this about, the SB250 bill? Extinction of domestic pets? And HSUS with fake badges. I'm interested in hearing more about this!

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You can click the link that I supplied if you would like to know more

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I just did a short search on sb 250 and yep it is very concerning.

I couldnt find the bills name. It is always referred to as "a bill" or "the bill" so i am interested in knowing the name if anyone can find it. I know the article does include the fact that this was introduced by Senator Dean Florez which also is on board with the sb 250. So i am wary, even though it looks good at first glance to have a registry for animal abusers i am concerned about what may be in the fine print of this now. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.

HSUS barging in with fake badges and taking pets... I am hoping that if these claims are true the proper authorities have been contacted and actions were taken. Thats scary!