Click to join our Facebook Fan Page and follow us on Twitter!
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – North Carolina has a new law bearing its governor’s signature and a dog’s paw print that could put people in jail for the worst cases of animal abuse.
Gov. Beverly Perdue on Wednesday signed a measure that threatens jail time for those who torture, starve or kill an animal.
The punishment could be up to eight months behind bars, but a judge could agree to community service instead.
On hand was Susie, who was a puppy last year when she was burned, beaten and left to die. A judge said state law allowed him to sentence the Greensboro man who abused Susie to no more than probation.
After Perdue signed it, the owners of the female pit-bull mix placed Susie’s paw on an inkpad and added her mark to the document.