Bill increases fines for endangering companion animals

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By DAN MOSHER

Assemblyman Fred Thiele, I-Sag Harbor, has introduced legislation increasing the penalties for confining a companion animal in a vehicle during times of extreme hot or cold temperatures.

As the law stands now, the fine for a first offense is not less than $50 and is not to exceed $100; a second offense carries with it a fine of at least $100 and no more than $250.

Under Thiele's new legislation, the fine for a first offense would be no less than $250 and no more than $500; for a second offense, the minimum fine would be increased to $500, and the maximum to $1,000.

Thiele's bill also would allow officers to remove a companion animal from a vehicle "where such confinement may place the companion animal in imminent danger of death or serious physical injury due to exposure to such extreme heat or cold."

Read more at http://www.legislativegazette.com/Articles-Top-Stories-c-2013-08-19-84802.113122-Bill-increases-fines-for-endangering-companion-animals.html

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