Why are sentences for animal cruelty so lenient?

The law generally lags behind views of the public. By this I mean, the public begins to change how it perceives something and it takes a while for the law to catch up. read more

I could probably write a couple of screen pages on this. but it all boils down to this: Animals are property. That tells you all you need to know. Thanks to Kevin Menser for the A2A. read more

Following my comments in your story about the Littlehampton woman who stamped on a duck’s head and neck and killed it (The Argus, November 7), incurring a five-year ban on keeping animals but no prison sentence or fine, I read about a cruelty case in the US. read more